In the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, President Obama announced the plan to draw down the military forces in Afghanistan to 9,800 from its current level of 32,000 by the beginning of 2015. The president continued saying, “By the end of 2015 we will have reduced that presence by roughly half, and will have consolidated our […]
Chapter Nine of “Where the Salmon Run” written by Trova Heffernan and sponsored by Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed. Chapter Nine | The Shelf Life of Treaties The battle over Indian fishing rights appeared interminable in 1973, an assembly line of expensive court cases that had cycled through the American justice system for decades. […]
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 […]