From the Archives - Sept. 19, 2024
Photo caption: "Kootenai Tribe with 'Toll Road' during the 1974 War, Jimmy John holds a sign and Ronnie Abraham talks to a motorist.
Photo courtesy BOUNDARY COUNTY MUSEUM
This Week in History ~ 50 Years Ago - "In a late development just before the Herald went to press, Tribal Chairwoman Amy Trice revealed that she received word from Washington this morning that the bill turning over the 12 1/2 acre site at the Mission over to the Kootenai Tribe will be signed in two weeks.
"In return, the Kootenai Nation sent a telegram back to the Commissioner for Indian Affairs thanking them for the "insult" and rejecting the offer. The Tribal Representative added that the tribe would still go through with its intention to block off the roads at the four entrances to the original tribal lands and to exact a toll of ten cents per car."
In the picture, "Kootenai Tribe with 'Toll Road' during the 1974 War, Jimmy John holds a sign and Ronnie Abraham talks to a motorist.
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