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Lewiston, Idaho (AP)
The Nez Perce Tribe will not take a position on a proposed land swap between the federal government and a private timber company until it can assess past cultural uses of the land and how the trade might impact the Treaty of 1855, the tribe’s chairman says.
Samuel N. Penney said a decision won’t be made until the cultural inventories are finished, a process that includes tribal members submitting comments to the tribe’s cultural resources department.
The Nez Perce Tribe will not take a position on a proposed land swap between the federal government and a private timber company until it can assess past cultural uses of the land and how the trade might impact the Treaty of 1855, the tribe’s chairman says.
Samuel N. Penney said a decision won’t be made until the cultural inventories are finished, a process that includes tribal members submitting comments to the tribe’s cultural resources department.
