SUQUAMISH — The Suquamish Tribe and the U.S. Navy on Saturday signed an agreement intended to honor the tribe’s treaty rights during the construction of a new drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
The agreement is unique in that the tribe and the Navy came together to hammer out an understanding before the military embarks on a multibillion-dollar project to modernize the shipyard and build a drydock that can service the Navy’s newest aircraft carriers.
The government-to-government signing ceremony took place on the lawn of the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort, with flitting boats and birds in the backdrop of Puget Sound’s Agate Passage…