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Fire Devastates Colville Reservation | Spokane News
A lightning-sparked wildfire has ripped through the Colville Reservation, burning over 68,000 acres and devastating sacred lands, homes, and ancestral sites. Firefighters battle fierce conditions as dry heat and high winds threaten to worsen the blaze. For the Colville Tribes, the loss is personal and spiritual—newly restored ecosystems and revered “grandpa and grandma” trees are gone, and Elder Dee Gun Shows mourns her home and the scorched Nespelem Cemetery. With no relief in sight, the fire’s destruction echoes through generations, reminding all that this land is not just terrain, but…
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