Tribe Sues County, Says Arrest Of Tribal Member On Reservation Was Unlawful

(November 9, 2017, 9:38 AM EST) -- YAKIMA, Wash. — A Washington county wrongfully arrested a minor member of a Native American tribe on statutory rape charges for alleged crimes that occurred within the boundaries of the tribe’s reservation, the tribe says in a federal lawsuit against the county that the tribe announced Nov. 6 in a news release (Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Klickitat County, et al., No. 1:17-cv-03192, E.D. Wash.)....

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