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Lummi Nation Says Trenches Desecrated Burial Grounds at Point Roberts - The Daily Chronicle
The lawsuit says trenching damaged human remains and 1,194 artifacts, and a judge blocked Whidbey Telecom from restarting work without notifying the Nation.
When Dana Wilson steers his boat through northern straits of the Salish Sea and catches sight of sandy bluffs on the horizon, his emotions churn. Wilson mostly feels a deep sense of belonging, because he and his ancestors have fished off these distinctive bluffs at Point Roberts since ancient times. But recently, the Lummi Nation council member also feels a deep sense of distress, because some of those ancestors’ remains have been violently dist…