City of Pasco and Colville Tribes sign historic agreement

A historic deal has been signed by the City of Pasco and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

The Chairman of the Tribe and Mayor Matt Watkins agreed to an "Agreement in Principle" to work closely on future endeavors...which would be announced at a later date.

“The Colville Tribes and the City of Pasco will be working closely together under the framework of this landmark agreement,” Colville Tribes’ Chairman Rodney Cawston said today. “This marks the beginning of what we know will be a long and successful partnership between us for the benefit of all our citizens.”

“This agreement formalizes a commitment between the City of Pasco and the Colville Tribes to further explore those things we have long had in common and what we might share in the future,” said Pasco Mayor Matt Watkins.

The Tribes recently purchased property in Pasco as part of its efforts to recognize the area as the homeland of the Palus, one of the twelve Tribes in the Confederation.