Airway Heights OKs Kalispels agreement

Agreement to resolve pending appeal between city and tribe

At its Nov. 21 meeting, the Airway Heights City Council approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the city and the Kalispel Tribe of Indians to resolve a pending appeal before it reached the U.S. Department of the Interior Board of Appeals.

The agreement stemmed from Interior’s decision to place 69.03 acres of off-reservation property in Airway Heights’ city limits into trust for the Kalispels at their request back in May. The city filed a notice of appeal after it learned of the Interior’s decision.

According to City Manager Albert Tripp, the MOU seeks to create a process, agreed t...

 

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