(MintPress) – "The tribes' treaty rights, the basis of their economy, culture and way of life are at stake," said Mike Grayum, executive director of Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, speaking about dwindling salmon populations along the coastline of the Pacific northwest. Grayum’s organization, which represents 20 treaty tribes including
Tribes Seek To Protect Violated Treaty Rights As Fish Populations Dwindle
Billy Frank Jr., Chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, poses for a photo, Friday, June 29, 2012, at Frank’s Landing near Olympia, Wash. with the waters of Nisqually River captured by a partially submerged camera. Frank is one of several leaders of American Indian tribes in western Washington who say their treaty rights with […]