Being Frank: Forest protections essential for healthy ecosystem
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
Tag: Treaty Rights
Tribal leader explores fighting for treaty rights through lens of growing up on reservation
Port Gamble S’Klallam tribal member Ron Charles has co-authored a book focused on his tribe’s historic fight for their treaty…
Can sea cucumbers help clean net pens?
Sea cucumbers are benthic echinoderms that feed on algae, decaying organic matter and other meals they can salvage from the…
Coho salmon run supports treaty fishing on Elwha River
For the second year in a row, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has been able to exercise its treaty right…
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…
“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…
Important, living history: Snapshots from US v. WA 50 event
When Muckleshoot Chairman Jaison Elkins welcomed US v. WA 50 attendees to the tribe’s event hall on February 6,…
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe celebrates new hatchery
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe has a new hatchery at Point Julia, more than 40 years after the original facility…
Suquamish tribal elders hold clam harvest after hiatus
More than 40 Suquamish tribal elders participated in a clam dig in Chico Bay in July, for the first time…