Tribes discuss salmon, Fish Wars with university students
Nancy Shippentower of the Puyallup Tribe remembers the years leading up to the landmark Boldt decision in U.S. v. Washington…
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“Powerful film:” Viewers respond to FISH WAR documentary
At the height of the Fish Wars, the civil rights of the region’s first inhabitants were violated with clubbings, tear…
50 years since Boldt, tribal access to salmon remains fragile
Marking the 50th anniversary of Judge George Boldt’s Feb. 12, 1974, ruling in U.S. v. Washington, hundreds of members of…
Henry “Hank” Lyle Adams Obituary
Olympia – Henry “Hank” Lyle Adams, age 77, a citizen of the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes, began his…
Billy Frank Jr. Community Celebration Restores History to Schools
Twenty-five years ago, Willie Frank III never heard a word about his legendary father Billy Frank Jr., or the Fish…
Tribal sovereignty and natural resource management pioneer Guy McMinds retires
“Leaders like Guy and Joe DeLaCruz were the right people for the right time,” Ed Johnstone said. “They could see where we needed to go. They had good relations with other tribes and they sought out connections with people who could help. They weren’t shy about telling the federal government what their responsibilities were, how they had failed us, and how they could make it right.”
Pat Neal on the Fish Wars
Pat Neal, a longtime outdoors writer from the Olympic Peninsula had a great column recently about the history of fisheries…