This is a tribal nation in the southwestern part of Washington State.
The property, though small, has historical significance, said Jeff Warnke, the Chehalis Tribe’s director of government and public relations.
The sale presented an opportunity for economic development right next to I-5 with good signage, but it’s also an opportunity to buy back tribal land the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation ceded more than 150 years ago, Warnke said.
The Upper Chehalis tribes did not sign treaties with the United States. But in the mid-19th century, many white American settlers filed claims to the land in the Chehalis River Valley and its tributaries, according to HistoryLink.
As it reclaims the land, the tribe doesn’t have a “serious” idea about the sign’s future, whether it will post its own messaging or not, Warnke said.
But the current messages are coming down.
The rest is at the link. The main interest in the story for a lot of people is that the annoying conservative messages will finally come down.