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 […]
In the continuing tale of Billy Franks, last week in chapter three, readers read of Franks joining the military, getting married to Norma McCloud, Then, at the end of the Korean War, Frank’ release from the Marine Corps. and his time working for power companies. We also read of the period of time known as […]