Trust Services provides local assistance to the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Tribal members, and trust landowners on issues that arise with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) or the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration (BTFA).

Current Land Statistics

Land Owned by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

Fee Property

• On-Reservation: 491 acres
• Off-Reservation: 961 acres
• Off-Reservation - Forest Land: 105,763 acres

Trust Property

• On-Reservation: 1,051 acres
• Off-Reservation: 164 acres

Trust Property Owned by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

• On-Reservation: 1,070 acres
• Off-Reservation: 14 acres

Trust Services provides local assistance to the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Tribal members, and trust landowners on issues that arise with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) or the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration (BTFA). Trust Services includes:

Leasing

Trust Services assists with obtaining leases on trust land, including surveys, environmental documents, appraisals, landowner consent, execution of leases, and BIA approval.

Right-of-Ways and Service Line Agreements

Trust Services will assist in the obtainment of a right-of-way or a service line agreement to extend roadways and utilities to trust property.

Gift Conveyance

Trust Services helps landowners in conveying gifts of their interest in trust property.

Land Sales

Trust Services helps landowners sell their trust land. This includes working in the landowner's best interest on the sale and having the sale approved by the BIA.

Probate

Trust Services will help family members with filing for or locating the BIA Indian Probate of a loved one's estate.

Estate Planning

Trust Services assists Tribal members with estate planning process by obtaining Indian land inventories and providing will drafting services through an outside attorney.