Everyday Olympia: Last week Sarah posted a message on OlyBlog shedding light on the travails that the Native American tribe faces as it fishes in the Nisqually River. I would highly recommend exploring some of the links that...
Read MoreOLYMPIA – There’s a new bug that’s been going around for the last couple years. State and federal elected officials and bureaucrats seem to be coming down with it more than anyone else. It’s called “salmon fatigue”...
Read MoreOLYMPIA (September 29, 2006) ― There is a traditional Indian belief that we do not actually own the land. We are part of it, and it is part of us. We are all temporary tenants and we’re responsible for its care.
It’s a concept that is as valid today as it has ever been. If people can begin to understand their connection to the earth, they will treat it with much greater sensitivity than they have over the past century.
These are the thoughts that come to me when I think about the so-called property rights initiative, I-933, which will be on your general election ballot in November.
To say I believe you should vote no on I-933 would be an understatement. You should vote “hell, no!”
I-933 is far more dangerous and damaging than you might think.
Read MoreOLYMPIA (May 20, 2005) — Governor Gregoire says the state and the tribes have far to go in their government-to-government relationship. We couldn’t agree more. She recently followed the examples of her predecessors in...
Read MoreOLYMPIA (January 21, 2004)
Read MoreOLYMPIA (January 12, 2004) – Governor Locke committed to work with tribes to develop a government-to-government process to improve water management in a state/tribal meeting here Friday evening, after being criticized by...
Read MoreOLYMPIA (Aug. 18, 2003) – The United States government is weeks away from defaulting on a key element of the Pacific Salmon Treaty for lack of money. This crisis could compromise the full implementation of the treaty,...
Read MoreSKOKOMISH (June 19, 2003) — Sunk in mud and nearly hip-deep in water, Eric Sparkman pulls a large oyster shell from a saltwater pond and begins to take measurements. It’s not the dimensions of the shell Sparkman is...
Read MoreOLYMPIA (Dec. 12, 2002)- The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission today called for citizens of the state to take heed of Wednesday
Read MoreOLYMPIA (Oct. 31, 2002) – Tribal hunters are working with the state of Washington to make sure the words “mad deer disease” never become a frightening part of the local vocabulary. Representatives from treaty tribes in...
Read MoreOLYMPIA (Sept. 25, 2002)
Read MoreOLYMPIA (Sept. 12, 2002) — Washington coastal treaty Indian tribes are preparing for conservative quotas and planning restrictive fisheries to ensure protection of weak groundfish stocks while allowing harvest of healthy...
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