Colville Indian Reservation - Current

Current

The reservation encompasses 2,116.802 sq mi (5,482.493 km²) in land area, consisting of: tribally owned lands held in federal trust status for the Confederated Tribes, land owned by individual Colville tribal members (most of which is held in federal trust status), and land owned by other tribal or non-natives, described as fee property and taxable by counties.

The reservation is occupied by 7,587 residents (2000 census), both Colville tribal members and their families and other non-Colville members, living either in small communities or in rural settings. Approximately fifty percent of the Confederated Tribes membership live on or adjacent to the reservation.

Major towns include Omak, Nespelem, Inchelium, Keller, and Coulee Dam.

The legislative districts of the reservation are divided up and named as such:

Omak District: The largest district by population, which makes up the northwestern portion of the reservation the Omak Okanogan Valley and half the town of Omak. The Okanogan River provides the border of the reservation within the city limits of Omak.

Nespelem District: Making up the west-central portion of the reservation in the Nespelem Valley and part of the city of Coulee Dam. The Reservation Headquarters is located on the Bureau of Indian Affairs Agency campus near the town of Nespelem. In Coulee Dam, the Columbia River also serves as a reservation border within the town limits.

Keller District: The district making up the east-central region of the reservation, namely the San Poil Valley to the mouth of the Columbia River, along a tributary, the San Poil River, and the edge of the man-made Lake Roosevelt.

Inchelium District: Makes up the north-eastern most region of the reservation.

In 1997 and 1998, the Colville Confederated Tribes celebrated its 125th anniversary of the signing of the Executive Order that created the reservation.