Economic Development of the Quinault Indian Nation

Economic Development of the Quinault Indian Nation

-blueprint of current model-

Hierarchical structure of the

Quinault Indian Nation

Quinault Commercial Fisheries:

economic activities derived from fisheries . . .

Commercial Ocean

Fisheries:

Razor Clam Harvesting:

Quinault Pride Seafood...

Seafood processing plant/cannery

Commercial-unlimited limit ($2.50/lb.)

Subsistance harvest-limit= 100 clams per digger

• Dungeoness Crab
• Halibut
• Ling cod
• red rock
• black cod
• sardines
• salmon trolling

• razor clams
• crab
• ocean/river salmon
• sturgeon
• halibut/ocean bottom fish

General

Council

The QIN General Council: The GC is the entire body of the QIN membership: the will of the GC is determined and declared at the annual spring meeting and special sessions.

Usual & accustomed grounds/stations

Of Quinault fisheries

Commercial River Fisheries...

Quinault/Queets River salmon:

• Sockeye/blueback (ju'las)
• coho
• chinook (king)

• Lake Quinault
• Lower Quinault River
• upper quinault tributaries
• Queets River
• clearwater river
• Salmon river
• raft river
• moclips river
• copalis river
• Chehalis river
• Humptulips river
• Hoquiam river
• Wishkah river
• Wynoochee river
• satsop river
• "salt waters adjacent to QIN territory"

River Sturgeon

Guided River Expeditions...

Many quinaults offer guided fishing trips on quinault tribal waters

Quinault/Queets River steelhead

non-Indians pay well for opportunities to fish the exclusive stretches of the lower Quinault River

The QIN Business Committee

Business Committee

Business Committee

Council:

Executives:

Quinault Commercial Forestry

The business committee meets every other monday in the Joe delacruz chambers at the tribal administrative complex in taholah--every other meeting is held in queets.

The bC holds closed executive sessions during business hours and then meetings are opened for agenda items

• Chair/President: fawn sharp
• vice-chair/vice President: Gina James
• Treasurer: Lawrence Ralston
• secretary: Latosha Underwood

• 1st ward: Tyson Johnston
• 2nd Ward: Jim Sellers
• 3rd Ward: Lucretia Pope
• 4th Ward: Aliza Brown
• 5th ward: Dawneen Delacruz
• 6th ward: Clarinda "Pies" Underwood
• 7th Ward: Rowland Mason

economic activities derived from forestry

Quinault Land & Timber Enterprise

(QLTE)

Established in 1988

• logging laborers
• truck drivers
• QDNR forestry personell
• QDNR fire crew

Logging Operations

objective: "consolidate & strengthen timberland acquisition efforts

timber harvest revenues used for tree replanting and land acquistion

very successful at generating $$$ and land consolidation strategy

Cedar salvage operations...

Timber market declines have had a negative impact on operations

Salvage claim operators hire crews to cut fallen cedar into blocks for processing at area mills into shakes and shingles

Operators pay "stumpage rates" per cord (8'x4'x4') this revenue is paid to landowners (allottees)

New focus on harvest of minor forest products

theft and trespass issues are a major concern for QDNR officials

Other QIN Departments & Operations:

Quinault Department of

Natural Resources:

used for floral arrangements

Minor Forest products harvest:

mushrooms

salal boughs

QIN ENTERPRISES

bear grass

cascara bark

• Administration
• Finance
• Tribal Employment rights office (TERO)
• social services
• Housing authority
• utilities & sanitation
• Emergency services

• Self-governance office
• QIN Police Department
• Resource Protection
• QIN tribal court/legal services
• heritage committee
• quinault tribal gaming agency
• department of education

• Division of Fisheries
• Division of Forestry
• Division of Environmental Protection

Cedar/fir/pine boughs

ferns

Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA)

Land owner timber sales:

• Greg Masten, field Superintendant

allottees collect revenues from sales of timber and land-use leases

• timber sale preparation & administration
• forestry management support
• realty/timber sale support services
• maintenence of allotment files and archives

Miscellaneous Commercial Endeavors...

Quinault Beach Resort

& Casino (QBRC)

Quinault retail enterprises:

The Resort/Hotel

The Casino

• 159 rooms (400+ sq. ft.)
• standard, studio, parlor, & grand suites
• rates between $116 - $189 / night
• A/C, minibar, wi-fi, room service

• Taholah Mercantile
• Amanda Park General Store
• Queets Trading Post
• "C"-stores-Qmarts #1 & #2

• 8 blackjack tables
• craps (table limit= $3-$500)
• roulette
• 3 card poker
• no-limit hold'em tournaments
• 350 slot machines

Fine Dining...

QIN owns 4% of the skookum creek

tobacco company

• coffee bar/bistro
• buffets
• "ocean lounge"
• emily's restaurant
• sidewalk-deli

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