Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights
Cover -- Advance praise for Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Fury on the Puyallup River: The police "were all up on the bridge, with rifles, and we could see their rifles kicking, and you could feel the bullets going by -- there was nowhere you could go. -- 2. The Salmon People: "Those Fraser River salmon are like the blood in your veins. It's part of you. -- 3. Natives and Europeans Collide: "In this bottle I hold the smallpox safely corked up -- I have but to draw the cork and let loose the pestilence to sweep man, woman, and child from the face of the earth. -- 4. Young Man in a Hurry: "It is almost impossible to do anything without extinguishing [Indian] title and placing them on reservations where they can be cared for and attended to. -- 5. Treaty Time: "This paper secures your fish. -- 6. The Long Suppression: "All the Indian there is in the race should be dead. Kill the Indian and save the man. -- 7. The Tribes Come Forward: "We better win this one or there won't be another one. -- 8. The Buildup to the Boldt Decision: "Tribal fishermen were 'in dire need of a case to end all cases.' -- 9. The Trial: "Today the Indian fishing right is very much alive, but it is in chains, and we ask this Court to emancipate those fishing rights. . . ." -- 10. The Boldt Decision: "That judge, he made a decision, he interpreted the treaty, and he gave us a tool to help save the salmon. -- 11. Rebellion: "It was like a city out there. -- 12. The Supreme Court Acts: "Except for some desegregation cases, the District Court has faced the most concerted public and private efforts to frustrate a decree of a federal court ever witnessed in this century.