Department Overview

This office purchases real property at the direction of the Tribal Council; manages land and properties not assigned to specific programs, including commercial and revenue producing property; and applies to the Department of Interior to place tribally and individually owned fee property into trust. We also track and maintain the Tribe’s inventory list of real estate property owned by the Tribe and assigned to various departments. We provide advisory services other departments regarding the acquisition, use, and management of real property.

Services Provided

Purchases real property at the direction of the Tribal Council
Manages land and properties not assigned to specific programs, including commercial and revenue producing property
Applies to the Department of Interior to place tribally and individually owned fee property into trust. We also track and maintain the Tribe’s inventory list of real estate property owned by the Tribe and assigned to various departments.
Provides advisory services other departments regarding the acquisition, use, and management of real property.

Outlook for 2023

Highlights of 2022

2022 Acquisitions

Purchased 14822 SE 368th Place, Auburn, WA.
Pending purchase of land and residence on 160th Place (behind Cooper’s Corner).
Negotiating sale of Grange Property on 180th Ave SE (also trading Old Fire Station).
Sale Pending for Greentree Condominium G-28.
Purchased fee property interest on Allotment 23-G and I from Seattle Japanese Church.

Fee to Trust Application Update

A single Tribal fee to trust Tribal application was approved, pasture land located on 200th Ave SE. There are four Tribal applications pending and in the final stages of being approved. There are two individual Tribal member applications for fee to trust pending, one pending a Notice of Decision and the second waiting for the thirty day appeal period. There are four Tribal applications in preparation for the initial submission. Additionally, there are five individual applications in progress. The realty department has contracted with a law firm that specializes in fee to trust work in order to expedite our application approval processing time. This arrangement has worked out well for the Tribe.

Current Land Statistics

The Tribe currently owns 107,527.75 acres of land as follows:

Fee

On Reservation .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.52

Off Reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973.58

Forest Land - Off Reservation . . . . . . . 105,030.14

Tribal Trust

On Reservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918.27

Off Reservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.24

Approximate Reservation Acreage . . . . . 1,366.79