Wash. Judge Nixes Suit Against DOI Over Nooksack Funding

By Andrew Westney (May 15, 2017, 6:22 PM EDT) -- A Washington federal judge has tossed a suit by the purported tribal council of the Nooksack Indian tribe alleging that the U.S. Department of the Interior improperly withheld nearly $14 million in funding it owes under contracts, saying that the court had to defer to the department's view that the council didn't have authority to sue on the tribe's behalf....

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