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Image of Stanley Moses and Jeff Sheldon removing salmon from a gillnet on Lake Washington, July 16, 1984
2000.107.064.01.01
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Stanley Moses and Jeff Sheldon removing salmon from a gillnet on Lake Washington, July 16, 1984

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After the Boldt decision of 1974, Indigenous tribes in western Washington were legally entitled to half the harvestable salmon run each year. Fishers from the Muckleshoot and Suquamish Tribes were allowed to fish from Lake Washington during specific four-hour windows, under the supervision of fishery officials representing both the state and the Tribes.

Here, Stanley Moses (Muckleshoot) and his 12-year-old crew member Jeff Sheldon empty sockeye salmon from a gillnet while fishing in the southern waters of Lake Washington. Moses estimated that they caught 500 fish during their four-hour window.

Caption information source: "Tribal gillnetters haul in sockeye bonanza on lake," by Ed Penhale, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 17, 1984, page C1.
ID Number: 2000.107.064.01.01
Date: 1984
Creator(s): Ekren, Dave, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 6.5 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.064.01.01, photo by Dave Ekren
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Coast Salish Peoples, Indigenous Peoples, Northwest Coast Native Peoples, Fish and Fishing, Lake Washington

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