154 results for: Fish and Fishing
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Julian Lawrence and Louis Horn, Jr. netting salmon on Nooksack River, October 1991
Fish hatcheries in Washington state provided most of the yearly salmon catch. In this image, Julian Lawrence (left) and Louis Horn, Jr. pull in their net while fishing for coho salmon on the Nooksack River. Lawrence and Horn, both members of the Lummi Nation, were catching salmon to use as breeding stock in the Lummi tribal hatchery. At the time,…
ID Number:2000.107.064.01.02
Date:1991
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Sports fishers picketing Boldt decision at Federal Building, Tacoma, March 5, 1974
Beginning with treaties in 1854 and 1855, Indigenous tribes of Washington ceded their land to the United States but had reserved the right to fish as they had always done, including fishing at traditional locations that were off the designated reservations. Over time, the state of Washington had infringed on the treaty rights of the tribes despite losing a series…
ID Number:2000.107.064.02.01
Date:1974
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David Stepetin spreading eggs over hatching boxes at Nisqually Tribal Hatchery, January 1980
In the 1970s, fish hatcheries owned and operated by Indigenous tribes in Washington were growing quickly. The Boldt decision in 1974 upheld the tribes' fishing rights, but the total numbers of fish were diminishing. In response, many Indigenous tribes started up hatcheries to raise salmon and steelhead (there were also non-Indigenous and government-operated hatcheries). In 1979, 18 Washington tribes operated…
ID Number:2000.107.064.02.02
Date:1980
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Slade Gorton listening to testimony on bill to decommercialize steelhead trout, Seattle, June 29, 1981
In 1981, bills were introduced in the US Congress to make steelhead trout a game fish rather than one that could be fished commercially. At this time, non-Native fishers could not fish for steelhead commercially. Sports fishers hailed the bill, but Native fishers bitterly opposed it, fearing it could seriously affect their livelihood.A public hearing on the legislation, held on…
ID Number:2000.107.064.02.03
Date:1981
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Yakama fishers checking nets on Columbia River near Lyle, Washington, August 24, 1993
Protests in the 1960s and 1970s, known at the time collectively as the "fish wars," eventually led to the Boldt Decision (United States v. Washington, 1974), a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In the 1990s, with growing water pollution nationwide, a study showed that tribal members living and fishing along the Columbia River…
ID Number:2000.107.064.02.04
Date:1993
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Dick Gregory at Thurston County Superior Court, Olympia, November 20, 1966
Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-) is an American comedian and civil rights activist, who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars," as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and catch.In this image Dick Gregory, left, followed by Mad…
ID Number:2000.107.079.07.01
Date:1966
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Lottie J. Fenton, Charles James, and Ione H. Knox in Seattle, May 2, 1971
This image shows Lottie J. Fenton, left, Charles James, and Ione H. Knox, all members of the Duwamish Tribe, at the Indian Center on Boren Avenue and Stewart Street. They are listening to a description as to how local Native peoples might obtain permission from the State Department of Fisheries to harvest some of the expected heavy salmon run into…
ID Number:2000.107.095.26.02
Date:1971
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Semu and Mad Bear in courthouse, Olympia, November 28, 1966
Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-2017) was an American comedian and civil rights activist who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars" as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Mad Bear, right, an…
ID Number:2000.107.095.30.01
Date:1966
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Dick Gregory on Nisqually River, March 1, 1966
Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-2017) was an American comedian and civil rights activist who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars" as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Dick Gregory, foreground, sits…
ID Number:2000.107.095.30.02
Date:1966
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Herman K. Johns Jr. and Billy Frank Jr. lower U.S. flag at protest fishing site, Frank's Landing, Nisqually River, January 21, 1964
In the 1960s, Native Americans and their supporters began protesting Washington State laws restricting Native American fishing rights that had been granted in a series of treaties with the United States between 1854 and 1855. The Survival of the American Indian Society (SAIA), the NAACP, and the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), coordinated a series of protests and demonstrations over…
ID Number:2000.107.096.01.01
Date:1964