We now head to the U.S. District Court for justice on behalf of the Nooksack 306. "Galanda and his clients have submitted other records and letters from anthropologists indicating that Annie George was, in fact, a Nooksack. Also on Monday, Nooksack Court Tribal Chief Judge Rachel Montoya repeated the legal arguments of her earlier rulings and refused to stop the constitutional election. She found that a majority of the tribal council was acting within its proper authority in launching the constitutional election to change the membership rules." Via Galanda Broadman: "After getting another rebuff in tribal court, Nooksack Indians facing loss of their tribal membership have filed a new lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Seattle Attorney Gabriel Galanda filed the federal suit Monday, June 17, on behalf of Rudy St. Germain and Michelle Roberts, two tribal council members who are among the 306 who could be stripped of their tribal membership because the validity of their Nooksack lineage has been called into question."
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:37:08 +0000
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