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Their geographic dispersion—coupled with state land-use laws that treat tribal holdings as exemptions rather than sovereign territories—creates a quiet erosion of jurisdiction every time a county assessor misclassifies a parcel or a timber company leases land without tribal consent. A proposed tribally controlled digital land trust, built on open geospatial standards, would map every…
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The Coquille Indian Tribe’s ancestral territory spans Oregon’s south coast. Coastal tourism and timber shipments flow through the region, yet little of that value currently funds tribal health infrastructure. A local revenue recapture ordinance could attach a small fee to transient lodging and commercial forest product hauling within the tribe’s service area. One tribal…