Government’s Award To Tribal Member Who Reported Malfeasance Upheld On Appeal

Mealey's (August 22, 2018, 10:22 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. Department of the Interior decision awarding $650,000 to a tribal member who was removed from the tribe’s governing body after reporting the misuse of federal funds received support from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which affirmed in two opinions Aug. 21 (The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 15-71772, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 23310, and Ken St. Marks v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 15-71909, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 23417)....