• Jim Boyd

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

also known as "Colville"

“The Twelve Bands compose the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation: Chelan, Chief Joseph Band of Nez Perce, Colville, Entiat, Lakes, Methow, Moses-Columbia, Nespelem, Okanogan, Palus, San Poil, Wenatchi.”

 “The traditional territories of the Colville Tribes extend across eastern Washington and into portions of British Columbia, Oregon and Idaho. This expanse covers approximately 39 million acres as the traditional territories of the Lakes, Colville, Okanogan, Moses-Columbia, Wenatchi, Entiat, Chelan, Methow, Nespelem, Sanpoil, Chief Joseph Band of Nez Perce and Palus Tribes.”

Reservation size: 1.4 million acres (2,100 sq. miles), Tribal Enrollment total: 9,290

 Geography/map of Colville Territory      Colville Tribal history      Colville Tribal website

Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution (the Supremacy Clause)

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”