UN experts urge US to stop tribe evicting members
Los Angeles (AFP) - UN human rights experts on Thursday urged the United States to step in and prevent a Native American tribe from evicting dozens of members from its tribal land. The special rapporteurs want the US government to prevent the Nooksack Tribal Council from forcing 63 people, who identify as members of the community, from houses on land in northwest Washington state. The case illustrates the complex relationship between the United States and the hundreds of indigenous tribal nations within its borders. "We are... concerned that the forced evictions will deny them the possibility ...