As Washington state moves forward on rolling out recreational marijuana regulations, the Yakama Nation has decided not to join in legalization efforts.

Marijuana remains illegal on the 1.2 million-acre reservation, said George Colby, an attorney representing the Yakama Nation. Under the tribe's treaty, he said, the citizens of Washington lack the authority to legalize recreational use on tribal lands.

"We want to put out public information for those that want to grow, sell and distribute that they are not welcome on Yakama Nation lands," Colby said last week.

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