Chapter Eight of “Where the Salmon Run” written by Trova Heffernan and sponsored by Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed. Like the regal bald eagle that soars above the trees and a distressing past that nearly left it extinct, Billy Frank and fellow Indians at the Landing see themselves as survivors, indefatigable soldiers of sovereignty. […]
The battle for aboriginal fishing rights secured by treaty continues through chapter six, culminating in the “Battle of Franks Landing.” The battle continues as arrests continue and celebrities as well as other personalities come to the aid of the Washington Indians. But, in chapter seven, we read of an era where both Martin Luther King […]
In Chapter five, the readers see how the fish wars are beginning to attain national attention with the appearance of Marlon Brando, and the media showing interest in the fight. But, the fish wars aren’t ending with that recognition, in fact, they are just beginning. The sixties are a decade of great confrontation, and before […]
The last chapter told of how as fish began to dwindle and there became more fishing effort on the river with commercial as well as sport fishermen took a larger and larger portion of the fish the state of Washington sought to regulate the Indian fishing on the river. The battle went to the courts […]