In the 1960s, Native Americans and their supporters in the Pacific Northwest began protesting laws that restricted Native American fishing rights. Various groups held protests and peaceful demonstrations, known collectively as the "fish wars" or "fish-ins," until court rulings in the 1970s guaranteed tribes the right to fish in the accustomed places as they had for hundreds of years.

This flier advertises a breakfast benefit at Pike Place Market in Seattle to support the fishing rights of the Hupa and Yurok tribes in California.

Text on poster: Support Indian Fishing Rights / A State of Emergency--For thousands of years the people of the Hupa and Yurok nations have traditionally fished the Klamath River in N. Cal. for their survival. Federal agents, many of whom served at Wounded Knee in 1973, armed with M-16 rifles, automatic pistols and riot gear, are enforcing the U.S. Dept. of Interior ban on Indian fishing on the Klamath River. This benefit is to support the Yurok and Hupa fishing on the Klamath to preserve their sovereign right to fish. / Breakfast - Benefit / Soup -N- Salad -- Pike Place Market / 11:00 A.M. - 2:OO P.M. / Menu: fruit salad, fry bread, crepes, yogurt, beverage

Caption information source: http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/fish-ins.htm
Caption information source: https://thecounter.org/yurok-tribe-klamath-river-salmon-fish-wars/