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  1. March 11, 2021

    9th Circ. Affirms DOI Win In Nooksack Election Fraud Suit

    The Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to recognize a disputed group of Nooksack Indian Tribe leaders during a 2017 election "did not violate an enforceable agency rule or requirement."

  2. March 03, 2020

    DOI Says Emails Don't Back Wash. Tribal Candidates' Claims

    The U.S. Department of the Interior urged a Washington federal judge Monday to rebuff allegations of political meddling in a DOI decision to recognize a disputed group of Nooksack tribal leaders, saying that they can't be used to support new claims in a suit by several former tribal council candidates.

  3. January 31, 2020

    DOI Emails Show Political Sway In Nooksack Row, Court Told

    Former Nooksack tribal council candidates have told a Washington federal judge that the U.S. Department of the Interior improperly withheld emails between a DOI lawyer and a D.C. lobbyist that showed "improper political influence" on a decision to recognize a disputed group of Nooksack leaders.

  4. August 13, 2019

    DOI Gets Win In Tribal Council Candidates' Election Fight

    A Washington federal judge sided with the Department of the Interior Tuesday, saying Nooksack tribal council candidates had not shown there was a policy that elections had to comply with tribal law, and as such, the agency had the right to certify the election results despite fraud allegations.

  5. May 13, 2019

    Tribal Council Candidates Say DOI Can't Nix Election Fight

    Four Nooksack tribal council candidates who sued over an allegedly fraudulent election pressed their bid for a quick win in Washington federal court Friday, saying they are properly challenging an unjustifiable policy change that led the U.S. Department of the Interior to rubber-stamp the results of the voting.

  6. April 19, 2019

    DOI Says Nooksack Election Suit Is Based On Tenuous Policy

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has urged a Washington federal court to end a suit by Nooksack tribal council candidates over an allegedly fraudulent election, saying they couldn’t hold the department to a policy for recognizing tribal leadership that didn't have "the force and effect of law.”

  7. March 08, 2019

    Tribal Council Candidates Aim For Quick Win In Election Suit

    Four Nooksack tribal council candidates urged a Washington federal court Thursday to give them a win in a suit over an election they lost. Arguing that a U.S. Department of the Interior official "rubber-stamped" approval of the election results, they also said the official switched departmental policy on Nooksack elections without reason, despite evidence of ballot box stuffing.

  8. October 09, 2018

    DOI Seeks To End Losing Candidates' Tribal Election Suit

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has again urged a Washington federal court to toss a lawsuit by four Nooksack tribal council candidates alleging that the DOI failed to properly oversee an election they lost, saying the plaintiffs really want to bring suit against the tribe but cannot do so because it can claim sovereign immunity.

  9. October 02, 2018

    Tribal Council Candidates Say DOI Can't Dodge Election Suit

    Four Nooksack tribal council candidates who lost a December special election urged a Washington federal court Monday not to toss their suit alleging the U.S. Department of the Interior failed to properly oversee the election, saying the DOI abruptly departed from established policy to recognize the new council as the tribe's governing body.

  10. June 14, 2018

    Tribal Council Candidates Blast DOI, Allege Election Fraud

    Four Nooksack tribal council candidates who lost in a December special election filed suit on Wednesday in Washington federal court, alleging that the U.S. Department of the Interior did not properly oversee the election that they said was fraudulent and likely included ballot stuffing.

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