9th Circuit Judge: Nooksack Tribe Run By a TIN POT DICTATOR; BIA STILL Recognizes Leader Bob Kelly

Almost a year after being called out for "abuses of power," the Nooksack Tribe has won recognition of its leadership amid a long-running disenrollment dispute.

The Trump administration on Friday affirmed the results of a recent election in which voters filled four vacant seats on the council. The move marks the first time since 2016 that the tribe, based in Washington, has had a valid governing body.

Watch 9th Circuit video here

"The Nooksack people have spoken and we look forward to continuing our responsibility to serve our people," Chairman Bob Kelly said in a news release after the tribe received word from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

And...NOOKSACK TYRANT BOB KELLY SPEAKS: DISENROLLMENTS TO CONTINUE

Before the results are even certified, we now see what the NOOKSACK plans are:

Nooksack tribal chairman Bob Kelly said he plans to start a new round of disenrollment hearings this week following an election that seemed to favor incumbents but was clouded by allegations of fraud.

Kelly and his council allies have been trying for five years to kick roughly 300 members out of the tribe, launching a divisive dispute about lineage and power that has gotten national attention, sparked federal intervention and raised broader questions about tribal disenrollment nationwide.

Nooksack Judge Ray Dodge Asked to RESIGN from NAICJA For Conduct Unbecoming, NON Compliance of ICRA

More embarrassment for the Nooksack Tribe and it's unelected, null and void council. The new judge, RAY DODGE, they installed to their court, after the previous judge, Susan Alexander ruled against their wished, has now been asked to RESIGN from the National American Indian Court Judges Association

MONEY QUOTE:  In sum, NAICJA does not view your Nooksack Tribal Court judicial appointment as valid. Further, while you have occupied the position of Chiefe Judge at Nooksack, proceedings do not appear to have been conducted in compliance with the federal ICRA or fundamental tenets of tribal due process at law.    
OP:  That's gonna leave a mark....and give the Department of Justice some leverage.

03 27 17 NAICJA Letter to Raymond Dodge by Original Pechanga on Scribd

Nooksack Chairman Bob Kelly Put On Notice of Contract Recision and ReAssumption

EPIC FAIL at NOOKSACK

Since March 2016, the Nooksack tribe has NOT had a duly elected council. Here The Department of Health and Human Service puts Nooksack Chairman BOB KELLY on notice that they will be reassuming services after their failure to provide services to those unlawfully disenrolled (Nooksack 306). We have that embedded here:

03 27 17 IHS Reasssumption Letter to Robert Kelly Jr by Original Pechanga on Scribd

#StopDisenrollment

UPDATE! NOOKSACK People to Hold Meeting to TAKE BACK THEIR TRIBE from Kelly Faction's Corruption

After months of Bob Kelly and some council members maintaining positions PAST their expiration date, it appears the NOOKSACK people are working to TAKE BACK THEIR TRIBE.   We've written about the corruption of the Bob Kelly Faction....now, it looks like tribal citizens are at the end of their rope,  From a Facebook post.   THIS EFFORT has NOTHING TO DO With the Nooksack 306 issue.

Dear Nooksack People,

By now you have heard rumors that there is going to be an Emergency General Council Meeting on July 14th at the Deming Logging Show. The rumor is true. Please attend! The time is NOW! The plan is to discuss holding an election to fill the 4 seats for Vice Chairman, Treasurer, and the 2 councilman positions. 

We want to hear from you--the people. You are the VOICE! This ex-councils position was to listen to the voice of the people. The people are the ones who VOTED them in. The people are the ones with the POWER to vote them out. 

NOOKSACK TRIBAL ELECTION (Primary) are close. Disenrollment a Factor

On the tails of the one-year anniversary of a highly-contested Nooksack tribal council action that sought to strip more than 300 people of tribal membership, voters on both sides of the issue came out to show their support for candidates for four council positions in the Feb. 15 primary election.

Candidates vied for the positions of chairman and secretary, as well as two general positions on the eight-member governing council.

Among other issues, the candidates for each position stand divided over a contested effort to strip 306 Nooksacks of their tribal membership. The three incumbents and Roy Bailey, who was recently appointed to the council, generally support the process, while the other four candidates advancing to the general election are members of a coalition that hopes to stop the disenrollment, chairman candidate George Adams said.

"We don't want a name," Adams said of the coalition, "other than we're tribal members trying to do the right thing. I think the coalition stands for righting the wrongs and going forward with healing."

Only three votes separated current Chairman Bob Kelly from challenger Adams.

Kelly is among those who support the disenrollment process. Adams is not one of the 306 facing disenrollment, but has rallied with the group against the effort, calling himself "307."

"We want to be unified as a people," Adams said.

Kelly declined to comment on the election.

The disenrollment process is currently on hold while the Nooksack Court of Appeals reviews legal issues raised by the group's lawyer.

Secretary candidate Bailey, enrollment officer for the 2,000-member tribe, trailed opponent Nadene Rapada by 66 votes.

A month before the primary election, council members Michelle Roberts and Rudy St. Germain were ousted from the council under a provision that allows the removal of council members who miss more than three meetings in a row without an excuse, according to an email message Chairman Kelly sent The Bellingham Herald at the time. The council then named Bailey to replace St. Germain as secretary and David Williams to replace Roberts.

Roberts and St. Germain are among the 306 Nooksacks facing disenrollment.

The two council members running for reelection, Robert Solomon (Position A) and Agripina Johnson (Position B) trailed their top vote-getting opponents, Felisisimo Johnny and Carmen Tageant.

Read more here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/02/17/3481744/primary-election-results-nooksack.html#storylink=cpy

1800 GET SCREWED Nooksack Tribe Won't Do Disenrollment TO YOUR FACE:

Got this from the Nooksack 306 who have been fighting the corruption of Bob Kelly.. 

BOB KELLY, AGRIPINA SMITH, RICK GEORGE, Katherine Canete, ROBERT SOLOMAN are some of the council members.

We don’t need to look you in the eye while we violate your rights to confront your accusers.

360 592 5164 is the number of the Nooksack Tribal Office, call and leave a message as to what you think of their cowardice.

Nooksack Chairman Bob Kelly LAWBREAKER - Shows CONTEMPT for Tribal Court's Ruling

Our friends from the NOOKSACK 306 have passed this on to us, which show that "tribal courts" don't mean a thing when you are corrupt.

Our lawyers have filed a MOTION FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT against the Kelly Faction for violating the Tribal Court's order on Christmas support payments. 
They continued to cut checks to non-306 members after the ruling on December 18, but Bob Kelly, Abby Smith and Katherine Canete told staff to not cut Christmas support checks to the 306 too. 

That is a breach of the Court's Order! And three non-306 members were fired from accounting in the process. Our hands go up to Leah Zapata for submitting a sworn declaration to the Judge, explaining how the Kelly Faction has once again broke Nooksack and federal law.

Nooksack Tribal Leaders Bob Kelly FIRES Accounting Staff. Also VIOLATES Tribal Court's Ruling on Support Checks for 306

From the Nooksack 306 Facebook Page:

Not only has the Kelly Faction violated the Tribal Court's ruling by refusing to cut Christmas support checks to the 306 families, but today they fired the Tribe's accounting staff. 

On a day when the Tribe was closed, the Kelly Faction had the Tribal Police deliver all of the employees' belongings to their homes. Bob Kelly and his followers will stop at nothing!  But in the end, they WILL be held accountable.