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Government

Aug. 26, 2011

California's U.S. attorneys reach out to tribes

Liaisons in all four of California's U.S. attorney's offices are seeking out ways they can help the state's American Indian population, an effort that can be traced to the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) of 2010.


By Jill Redhage


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The recent arrest of a suspected murderer on tribal land in Northern California was all thanks to a law that jump-started federal prosecutors' outreach to tribes across the country.


Bruce Jason Stallings-Hunsucker had been on the lam since May, hiding out in the woods of the Yurok Indian Reservation. He was one of four suspects wanted for the murder of a man in Willow Creek, and the only one stil...

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