Duwamish recognition opposed by Muckleshoots
Friday, September 5, 2008
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Recognition
The
Muckleshoot Tribe of Washington is seeking to join a federal recognition lawsuit filed by the
Duwamish Tribe.
But the Muckleshoots aren't supporting their cousins. Instead, they say the
Bureau of Indian Affairs was right to reject the Duwamish Tribe's petition for recognition.
The Duwamish
won a favorable decision
in the final days of the Clinton administration in January 2001. The decision
was
reversed by the Bush
administration in September 2001.
The lawsuit says the reversal was politically motivated and was
influenced by factors not related to the tribe's history and genealogy. It
questions the work of the Branch of Acknowledgment and Research at the BIA and the work of the
Office of the Solicitor at
the
Interior Department.
Get the Story:
Duwamish Tribe fights for recognition
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 9/5)
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