tribal member disenrollments – Page 6

BIA Refuses to Recognize Disenrollment Referendum Election by Holdover Council

November 16, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials:

Gabriel Galanda Response to Katherine Canete Letter

Letter from Katherine Canete to Gabriel Galanda Re Resolution 16-149 and Order Vacating Court of Appeals Orders as Void

In Re Gabriel Galanda v Nooksack Tribal Court – Whatcom County Superior Court Declaration of Bree R. Black Horse in Support of Opposition of Motion to Vacate

In Re Gabriel Galanda v Nooksack Tribal Court – Whatcom County Superior Court Petitioners’ Response to Tribe’s Motion to Vacate Order Domesticating Foreign Judgment

Letter from Lawrence Roberts to Chairman Kelly

Turtle Talk Poll Results — Nooksack Disenrollments

November 1, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Few Turtle Talk readers support disenrolling the so-called Nooksack 306. The vast majority of TT readers think Nooksack should hold elections before disenrollments. There is a wide variety of opinions on which forum should resolve the disputes.

Question: Should the Nooksack 306 Be Disenrolled?

	COUNT	PERCENT


Yes	12	4.44%
No	202	74.81%
Don’t Know	56	20.74%

Question: Should the Nooksack Tribe Hold Elections Before Proceeding with Disenrollments?

	COUNT	PERCENT


Yes	212	85.48%
No	25	10.08%
Don’t Know	11	4.44%

Question: Which forum is the best place to resolve litigation arising from this dispute?

	COUNT	PERCENT


Nooksack tribal council (incl. Nooksack Supreme Court)	14	5.45%
Nooksack tribal judiciary	89	34.63%
Bureau of Indian Affairs	51	19.84%
Federal or state courts	80	31.13%
International forums	7	2.72%
Other	16	6.23%

Turtle Talk Poll — Nooksack Disenrollments

October 31, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

If you’ve been following Turtle Talk for the past few years, you must have noticed the incredible volume of pleadings that have been filed in tribal, federal, and state courts in the litigation involving the so-called Nooksack 306. We at TT have largely stayed away from commenting on that internal tribal political dispute, preferring instead to serve merely as a space for the parties on both sides to make their pleadings and materials available online. They speak for themselves.

The events at Nooksack are really quite dramatic, and ongoing. The Nooksack tribe has cancelled elections (last election in 2014) and apparently operates today through some form of a holdover council, “disbarred” attorneys for the proposed disenrollees from practice in tribal courts, refused to allow parties from filing pleadings in tribal court, fired (or constructively fired) a tribal judge, been subject to contempt orders from its appellate court, sued the appellate court administrators for breach of contract, tried to create a tribal supreme court to vacate the appellate court orders, and drew a letter from the BIA saying the federal government will not recognize official actions of the holdover council. There’s more but . . . Whew!

Time for a Turtle Talk poll!!!! [results tomorrow . . . .]