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In a second lawsuit brought by the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe against the City of Seattle regarding the Skagit Hydroelectric Project, the Tribe requests an order restraining Seattle City Light from “greenwashing” itself; i.e., advertising itself as environmentally responsible. The Tribe claims that Seattle should be restrained from greenwashing until the city provides fish passage at its three Skagit River dams.

Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v Seattle Complaint (King Cty. Super. Ct., Wash.)

Pleadings filed in the Sauk-Suiattle’s earlier ongoing dams/fish passage lawsuit against Seattle are available here.

Updated pleadings:

5 Amended Complaint

7 Tribe Motion to Remand

11 City Motion to Dismiss

13 Tribe Response to 11

16 City Reply in Support of 11

17 City Response to 7

18 Reply in Support of 7

19 DCT Order Denying Remand

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Yesterday’s National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools came with two developments.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Sharice Davids, and Rep. Tom Cole reintroduced a bipartisan bill to establish a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies. The bill text is available here.

In addition, Interior issued a press release announcing that it would hold tribal consultations on the Indian Boarding School Initiative. The consultations will take place on November 2, 16, and 18, and details are available here.

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