"By focusing on the history of control over productive resources (in this case salmon, methods of harvest, processing, capital investment, and markets) Boxberger shows how the Lummi slid from independence and self-sufficiency to dependency, underdevelopment, and poverty. . . . Not only is it an excellent, in-depth study of the Lummi case, it can also serve as a metaphor for the larger question of Native American treaty rights and the resource provisions of agreements." --Pacific Historical Review

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List of IllustrationsForeword to the 2000 Paperback Edition by Chris FridayPreface to the Original EditionIntroductionThe Prereservation LummisThe Lummis and the Development of the Commercial Salmon Fishery, 1885-1900They Tried to Catch Them All, 1901-1935The Indian New Deal, 1936-1950Riding the Pendulum, 1951-1973The Lightning Boldt, 1974-1985The Historical Development of Lummi UnderdevelopmentEpilogue to the 2000 Paperback EditionAppendixReferencesIndex

Originally published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1989

Originally published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1989