Yakama Nation Land Enterprise | Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Publication information:
2002. Yakama Nation Land Enterprise | Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Abstract
The Yakama Nation Land Enterprise was created in 1950 to provide the Yakama Nation with an institutional vehicle for confronting its longstanding crisis of land loss. By taking an active role as a buyer and developer of land within the exterior boundaries of the Yakama Reservation, the Yakama Nation Land Enterprise presents an excellent model of how Indian nations can reduce reservation checkerboarding, decrease attendant jurisdictional disputes with other governments, and develop revenue-generating businesses to complete a cycle of self-sufficient land repurchase.