Salish tribes gather at Tulalip to set common policy
The (Everett) Herald: This week, American Indian and Canadian First Nations leaders will hold talks in their own way: with…
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Puget Sound Treaty Indian Tribes, Shellfish Growers Reach Pact
OLYMPIA (May 18, 2007) – Puget Sound treaty Indian tribes and commercial shellfish growers have finalized an agreement that will protect and enhance the resource while resolving legal issues from a federal court ruling that re-affirmed treaty-reserved tribal shellfish harvest rights.
The pact resolves lingering legal issues from a 1994 federal court ruling that upheld the tribes’ treaty-reserved shellfish harvest rights. The agreement preserves the health of the shellfish industry, recognizes the importance to the tribes of their shellfish harvest rights and provides greater shellfish harvest opportunities for everyone in the state.
All Habitat Is Critical
January 3, 2004 Habitat is the key to wild salmon recovery in western Washington. That’s why the treaty tribes who…
Governor Locke Chooses to Sign Bad News Bills Over Tribes’ Objection
OLYMPIA (June 24, 2003)– Governor Locke signed the highly controversial water bills quietly and without fanfare Friday. The bills, dubbed…
Tribes Hold The Senior Water Right
January 14, 2003 With the 2003 State Legislature now in session, water is again a key environmental issue being considered…
United Tribes Distribute Water Principles
OLYMPIA (Jan. 13, 2003) — Indian tribes today released a list of principles they say the state must comply with…