Here is the petition, filed in the State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council:
Quinault Tribe
Northwest Indian Canoe Journeys in NYTs
Here is a link to the article.
Michael Hanson for The New York Times
Canoes from tribes throughout the coastal Northwest converged on the Swinomish reservation, the host for this year’s gathering.
Eaton v. Mail – Exhaustion of Tribal Court Remedies
In this family action, the Western District of Washington held that the claim must be remanded to Quinault Tribal Court.
State v. Pink
Washington State Appellate Court rules the State had no jurisdiction on a road in the Quinault Tribe Reservation.
We hold that the Quinault Tribe’s grant of a highway easement to the State did not terminate the Quinault Tribe’s interest in the land over which the highway runs and that the State did not have jurisdiction to prosecute Pink for unlawfully possessing a firearm on the road running through the tribal land. Accordingly, we affirm.
State of Washington v. Pink — PL280 in Washington State
From the opinion by the Washington Court of Appeals:
We hold that, because he did not commit any traffic violations involving the operation of a motor vehicle, the State lacked the jurisdiction necessary to prosecute Pink, an enrolled tribal member, for allegedly unlawfully possessing a firearm in violation of RCW 9.41.040 on SR 109 within the Quinault Tribe lands.
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