Regarding Chair Loomis NWIFC representing the 20 area tribes quote--- “Treaty tribes – as sovereign nations – are not bound by the state’s open public meetings laws.”

Case law states “all Indians born in the United States are now citizens of the United States.” So it is disheartening that the tribal people as co-managers are embracing arrogant contempt of current laws regarding transparency through open meetings and time will tell at the upcoming state F&W commission meeting just how close WDFW is in lock step with their co-cronies regarding NOF clandestine settings.