Saturday, August 13, 2005
Tribe sues state, demands reburial of its ancestors - Seattle Times
Seattle Times Saturday, August 13, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 AM - In a class-action lawsuit, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has accused the state of Washington of knowing and willful desecration of Indian graves, and demanded reburial of its ancestors.
The suit, filed yesterday in Thurston County Superior Court, demands the state allow reburial of 316 cedar boxes containing the remains of ancestors dug up during a state Department of Transportation construction project in Port Angeles. The site was home to the largest Indian village ever found in Washington.
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