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1) Where the salmon run: the life and legacy of Billy Frank Jr

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A century-old feud over tribal fishing ignited brawls along Northwest rivers in the 1960s. Roughed up, belittled, and handcuffed on the banks of the Nisqually River, Billy Frank Jr. emerged as one of the most influential Indians in modern history. Inspired by his father and his heritage, the elder united rivals and survived personal trials in his long career to protect salmon and restore the environment.

2) Uncommon controversy: fishing rights of the Muckleshoot, Puyallup, and Nisqually Indians. A report prepared for the American Friends Service Committee

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The impetus for this book comes out of nearly twenty years of American Friends Service Committtee acquaintance with the Amerian Indian communities in the state of Washington. Constantly present with all of the fishing tribes are the problems of maintaining their unique fishing rights in the face of increasing pressures from an industrialized, populous society. Perspectives of the state agencies in the controversy - the Department of Game and the Department...

3) Treaty justice: the Northwest tribes, the Boldt decision, and the recognition of fishing rights

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Wilkinson, Charles F

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In 1974, Judge George Boldt issued a ruling that affirmed the fishing rights and tribal sovereignty of Native nations in Washington State. The Boldt Decision transformed Indigenous law and resource management across the United States and beyond. Like Brown v. Board of Education, the case also brought about far-reaching societal changes, reinforcing tribal sovereignty and remedying decades of injustice. Eminent legal historian and tribal advocate Charles...

4) The sockeye mother

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Huson, Brett D

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"To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the sockeye salmon is more than just a source of food. Over its life cycle, it nourishes the very land and forests that the Skeena River runs through and where the Gitxsan make their home. The Sockeye Mother explores how the animals, water, soil, and seasons are all intertwined."--Provided by the publisher.

5) In common with: the fish wars, the Boldt Decision, and the fight to save salmon in the Pacific Northwest

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Wilkerson, Bill

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Because of state actions and policies, Washington Tribes had long been denied their fair share of the salmon harvest granted by treaties adopted by the US government and the Tribes in 1854. Tribal members staged “fish-ins” and other demonstrations, and ultimately pursued a federal lawsuit against the state. Decided in 1974 by US district court judge George H. Boldt, the landmark ruling gave Tribes an equal share of fish, meaning yields for non-Native...

6) The longest trail: writings on American Indian history, culture, and politics

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Josephy, Alvin M

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Alvin Josephy Jr.’s groundbreaking, popular books and essays advocated for a fair and true historical assessment of Native Americans, and set the course for modern Native American studies. This collection, which includes magazine articles, speeches, a white paper, and introductions and chapters of books, gives a generous and reasoned view of five hundred years of Indian history in North America from first settlements in the East to the long trek...

7) Notable native people: 50 indigenous leaders, dreamers, and changemakers from past and present

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Keene, Adrienne

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An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. Celebrate the lives, stories, and contributions of Indigenous artists, activists, scientists, athletes, and other changemakers in this illustrated collection. Also offers accessible primers on...

8) Our way--a parallel history: an anthology of native history, reflection, and story

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"Indigenous History Is American HistoryOur Way: A Parallel History dispels the myths, stereotypes, and absence of information about American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian people in the master narrative of US history. For most of American history, stories of the country's Indigenous Peoples were either ignored or told by outsiders. This book corrects these errors, exploring the ways in which Indigenous cultures from every corner of the...

9) Confluence the Boldt Decision at 50: stories of conflict & collaboration

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Echtle, Edward

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"Five individuals with lifelong ties to salmon, treaty rights and collaborative management in Washington state share their recollections of the half-century since the Boldt Decision."

10) Indigenous fishing rights

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Access vertical file of Archive collection at Port Angeles Main Library.

11) A lawyer in Indian country: a memoir

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Ziontz, Alvin J

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"In his memoir, Alvin Ziontz reflects on his more than thirty years representing Indian tribes, from a time when Indian law was little known through landmark battles that upheld tribal sovereignty. He discusses the growth and maturation of tribal government and the underlying tensions between Indian society and the non-Indian world. A Lawyer in Indian Country presents vignettes of reservation life and recounts some of the memorable legal cases that...

12) Usual & accustomed places

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DVD-R. Examines Native treaty rights which granted natives the ability to fish in their "usual and accustomed places" which have been broken repeatedly throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Presents each of the six treaties in Washington State and the consequences for the Natives displaced by each.

13) Messages from Frank's Landing: a story of salmon, treaties, and the Indian way

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Wilkinson, Charles F

14) Shanyaak'utlaax̲ =: Salmon boy