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17-08-2022, 07:08 AM
By DEEPA BHARATH
today
THE DALLES, Oregon (AP) — Wilbur Slockish Jr. has been shot at, had rocks hurled at him. He hid underground for months, and then spent 20 months serving time in federal prisons across the country — all of that for fishing in the Columbia River.
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Tribal fishermen like Slockish have drawn the ire of commercial and sport fisherman as well as government officials over the decades
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Tribal fishing rights along the Columbia have spurred bitter, drawn-out legal and legislative battles. This is despite an 1855 treaty with the federal government stating that the tribes would cede most of their lands, but retain their fishing rights.
https://apnews.com/article/sacred-rivers...75a7ddfbed
today
THE DALLES, Oregon (AP) — Wilbur Slockish Jr. has been shot at, had rocks hurled at him. He hid underground for months, and then spent 20 months serving time in federal prisons across the country — all of that for fishing in the Columbia River.
......
Tribal fishermen like Slockish have drawn the ire of commercial and sport fisherman as well as government officials over the decades
......
Tribal fishing rights along the Columbia have spurred bitter, drawn-out legal and legislative battles. This is despite an 1855 treaty with the federal government stating that the tribes would cede most of their lands, but retain their fishing rights.
https://apnews.com/article/sacred-rivers...75a7ddfbed
