Treaties on trial : the continuing controversy over Northwest Indian fishing rights

Type

Book

Authors

Fay G. Cohen ( Cohen, Fay G. )

ISBN 10

0295962631

ISBN 13

9780295962634

Tags

Indigenous peoples -- Law and legislation, Fishing, Indigenous peoples -- Fishing -- Law and legislation -- Washington (State), Fishing rights, Washington (State)

Abstract

"In the treaties of the 1850s, Washington tribes gave up much of their land in return for promises of cash payments and other aid, but retained their fishing rights. The great salmon runs of the Northwest were at the core of their economic and cultural life; without them they could not survive as Indians."--WorldCat.org.

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