May 08, 2026
The Lummi Nation is asking a Washington district court for an order that would block a telephone company from continuing to construct a broadband project at a site where Indigenous remains have been unearthed, arguing that they have not been allowed to assess the damage or properly rebury their ancestors.
April 29, 2026
Lummi Nation says the remains of its ancestors have been disturbed by a federally funded broadband project in what it calls a "cascading series of preventable and unlawful failures" in a lawsuit against the federal government, a telecommunications company and a county in Washington.