This book examines treaty fishing rights and the effects of the Boldt Decision on the Northwest tribes in western Washington state, and along the Columbia River. It is based primarily on research conducted between 1979 and 1981 in the Northwest corner of the US, and in Washington, D.C. It draws upon interviews with more than a hundred persons directly involved with the Indian fishing rights controversy: tribal leaders, tribal biologists, and Indian fisherman; state officials and biologists; attorneys on both sides of the issue; federal officials: and non-Indian commercial and sports fishermen. Government documents, newspaper accounts, public opinion data, legal records, and historical and anthropological references are also used

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Introduction / by Andy Fernando The Boldt Decision: desecration or affirmation? Before the treaties Clash Fishing "in common"? Fishing for justice The Boldt Decision: enforce or efface? Seventh knock at the high court door Fishing the Columbia: can negotiation replace litigation? Securing the habitat Western Washington tribes and the salmon today What shall endure?

"A report prepared for the American Friends Service Committee."

"A report prepared for the American Friends Service Committee."