July 16, 2026
A Washington federal judge has ordered Whidbey Telephone to give a tribe notice before resuming ground-disturbing work on a federally funded broadband project that had disturbed remains of the tribe's ancestors.
July 06, 2026
The government told a federal court in Washington state Monday it wants out of a lawsuit brought by the Lummi Nation over a federally funded broadband project that disturbed the remains of the tribe's ancestors, saying it never officially approved the construction activities or released any funds for it.
June 22, 2026
A Washington federal judge is expected to soon determine if the Lummi Nation can block a telephone company from continuing to construct a broadband project at a location where Indigenous remains have been unearthed, after the telecom argued the tribe filed its challenge too late.
June 01, 2026
The federal government and Whatcom County, Washington, say they want out of a challenge by the Lummi Nation that looks to block a telephone company from continuing to construct a broadband project on sites where Indigenous remains have been unearthed.
May 26, 2026
A Washington telephone company says a bid by the Lummi Nation to seal information containing the locations of sensitive archaeological sites undermines the tribe's claims that a preliminary injunction is necessary since maintaining the confidentiality of those locations mitigates the alleged risk of potential looting.
May 08, 2026
The Lummi Nation is asking a Washington district court for an order that would block a telephone company from continuing to construct a broadband project at a site where Indigenous remains have been unearthed, arguing that they have not been allowed to assess the damage or properly rebury their ancestors.
April 29, 2026
Lummi Nation says the remains of its ancestors have been disturbed by a federally funded broadband project in what it calls a "cascading series of preventable and unlawful failures" in a lawsuit against the federal government, a telecommunications company and a county in Washington.