Karuk Woman Failed |To Prove Aboriginal Title

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A Karuk woman who built her house on ancestral lands owned by the U.S. Forest Service bears the burden of proving her aboriginal title, the **9th Circuit ruled. Defendant Karen Lowry built a home in the Oak Bottom area of the Klamath National Forest in northern California, but failed to meet the burden of proving her aboriginal title as a Karuk Indian. See ruling.