Federal Judge Halts Tribes’ Bid To Intervene Over Long-Held Funds

Mealey's (August 30, 2018, 1:06 PM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington tribal group cannot intervene in another tribal group’s suit seeking, in part, funds from the federal government for the uncompensated taking of tribal lands in the 1850s because it waited too long to get involved in the dispute and its intervention would severely prejudice the plaintiff group, a federal judge held Aug. 28 (Chinook Indian Nation, et al. v. Ryan K. Zinke, et al., No. 17-5668, W.D. Wash., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146569)....