Interior Secretary Calls For More Land To Be Placed In Tribal Trust Status

rachel.seymour@kitsapsun.com (Rachel Anne Seymour), Kitsap Sun
Thu, 04/24/2014 - 6:47pm

In a visit to Suquamish, Sally Jewell says she wants to see 500,000 acres of fee land placed into trust by 2017.

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