Drug enforcement is one of the tribe's top priorities. We have a zero tolerance here. We want to work with all police agencies to do our part.

The tribe understands that the chamber of commerce serves as a nerve center of commercial activity with the city of Coeur d'Alene, and the tribe would like to be a full participant in the economic vitality of the region.

We've tried that with the local school district and the test scores still remain at the same level. We need to take a different statewide look at this to see what kind of resources we can pull from the entire state.

The donation is seen as a way to build trust in order to better serve both departments.