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U.S. supports tribe in lawsuit to stop taxes on reservation

The U.S. Justice Department has asked to join the Tulalip Indian Tribes in a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the state and Snohomish County from collecting millions of dollars in taxes from non-Indian businesses and people on tribal land so that the tribe can collect that money instead.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a motion on Tuesday asking to join the Tulalip Indian Tribes in a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the state and Snohomish County from collecting millions of dollars in taxes from non-Indian businesses and people on tribal land so that the tribe can collect that money instead.