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'The harm ... is ongoing': Lummi Nation seeks court order to stop digging at sacred burial site
More https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/harm-ongoing-lummi-nation-seeks-204000218.html
A legal fight unfolding in Washington state is drawing attention to what the Lummi Nation says is the ongoing desecration of a sacred burial site on territory the tribe has inhabited for millennia.
The tribe is now asking a federal court to step in before more ancestral remains are harmed.
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According to the complaint, Whidbey Communications dug trenches extending thousands of feet beneath an identified burial area while carrying out three federally funded projects worth about $13.7 million.
The lawsuit alleges that crews disturbed remains at four out of five exploratory sites. According to Native News Online, the crews also overlooked signs of human remains, failed to notify authorities after discoveries, and left remains uncovered for two years without reinterment.
The tribe is now asking a federal court to step in before more ancestral remains are harmed.
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According to the complaint, Whidbey Communications dug trenches extending thousands of feet beneath an identified burial area while carrying out three federally funded projects worth about $13.7 million.
The lawsuit alleges that crews disturbed remains at four out of five exploratory sites. According to Native News Online, the crews also overlooked signs of human remains, failed to notify authorities after discoveries, and left remains uncovered for two years without reinterment.
More https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/harm-ongoing-lummi-nation-seeks-204000218.html
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