Lake Quinault is still Quinaults'

Harrison Lee • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Lake Quinault is still Quinaults'</h1>
                <h2><p>In January, North Quinault Properties LLC filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Quinault Indian Nation, questioning the tribe’s ownership of Lake Quinault. The Olympian reports that U.S District Judge Ronald Leighton has dismissed the case, ruling that the Quinault Nation has sovereign immunity. Fawn Sharp, the</p></h2>
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            <p>In January, North Quinault Properties LLC filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Quinault Indian Nation, questioning the tribe’s ownership of Lake Quinault. The Olympian reports that <a href="http://www.theolympian.com/2015/05/05/3711884/federal-judge-dismisses-lake-quinault.html?ref=avalancheghost.one#storylink=cpy">U.S District Judge Ronald Leighton has dismissed the case</a>, ruling that the Quinault Nation has sovereign immunity. Fawn Sharp, the president of the Quinault Nation, said the Lake Quinault is indisputably within the reservation and is sacred to the tribe.</p>
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In January, North Quinault Properties LLC filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Quinault Indian Nation, questioning the tribe’s ownership of Lake Quinault. The Olympian reports that U.S District Judge Ronald Leighton has dismissed the case, ruling that the Quinault Nation has sovereign immunity. Fawn Sharp, the president of the Quinault Nation, said the Lake Quinault is indisputably within the reservation and is sacred to the tribe.

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By Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He is a senior at Seattle Academy. He has had journalistic experience working with Microsoft in Bangalore, India. In Seattle, he produced an investigat