Chairman Ross Cline said the dismissal of the lawsuit last week puts an end to a controversy that has attracted widespread attention in Indian Country and in the national media. The efforts were slowed by litigation and by the refusal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to recognize the Nooksack government as legitimate.īut the tribe has turned the situation around, according to its recently-elected leader. T he tribe, based in Washington state, has spent more than five years trying to kick hundreds of people off its rolls. of Interior illegally recognized a disputed group of Nooksack leaders, we wrote about that HERE in Aug 2018 Law 360 has the story up (payvwall) but essentially, former candidates for Nooksack council told the 9th Circuit that the Dept. When the agency in charge of Indian Affairs, tips the scales AWAY from Justice, can their really BE JUSTICE in Indian Country?
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