Kalispel

Allrise last year outbid the Kalispel Tribe at a bankruptcy auction for $18.1 million.

Deane Osterman, executive director of natural resources for the Kalispel Tribe, said its leaders don’t necessarily object to the cryptocurrency mining operation, but they want more information.

The Tulalip, Suquamish, Kalispel and Snoqualmie tribes were the first to reach tentative sports-wagering agreements with the gambling commission last month.

������ happens with the Tulalip deal and others being negotiated with the Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Kalispel and Suquamish tribes is being monitored by casino interests statewide.

From the Kalispel in the northeast to the Cowlitz in the southwest to the Quinault on the coast, and more than two dozen sovereign nations in between, tribes are an integral part of our state’s past and present.