Tribal Law/Courts
Judge Rules Utah Tribe Is Phony, Throws Out Arbitration Awards
Posted May 6, 2008, 09:24 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A federal judge has ruled that an Indian tribe formed during a meeting at an Arby’s restaurant in Provo, Utah, is a “complete sham” and the judgments awarded to the group by an arbitration council are phony.
The group calls itself the Wampanoag Nation, Tribe of Grayhead, Wolf Band, and it claims it is entitled to judgments against a variety of public officials awarded by the Western Arbitration Council. But U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot of Oklahoma City ruled last week that the tribe’s leaders are not entitled to status as American Indians and the arbitration council that awarded judgments was working in concert with them, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
Friot overturned millions of dollars… Continue reading...
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