The Lummi Nation has named Whidbey Telecom, Whatcom County, the USDA and U.S. Department of Commerce in the lawsuit.
LUMMI NATION, Wash. — The Lummi Nation filed a federal lawsuit Monday accusing multiple groups of cutting through ancestral burial grounds during construction projects.
The filing names Whidbey Telecom and Whatcom County, Washington, as defendants. The Lummi Nation also named the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Commerce, alleging the construction projects carried out by Whidbey Telecom and Whatcom County were federally funded and repeatedly “cut through” and “disturbed” burial grounds and remains at Point Roberts. The projects were tied to the burial of
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