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In March, members of the Havasupai Indian Tribe of northwestern Arizona filed two federal lawsuits seeking a total of $75 million in damages against Arizona State University (ASU), the Arizona Board of Regents, and three university researchers. The lawsuit claims that blood samples taken from tribe members as part of a diabetes study were destroyed, lost, or used in studies of schizophrenia, inbreeding, and population migration without the donors’ consent.

Informed consent process at center of another suit