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Show Indians R-iap Rich Harvest From Fishing Washington. Various tribes of Indians In-dians living In the Northwest reap nn annual harvest from fishing sufficient to make many of them self-supporting, according to tabulations Just completed complet-ed at the Interior department. The largest Income from fishing by an Individual Indian Is reported nt $4,242 per year by several Indians on the Qulnnielt reservation In the State of Washington. Incomes of other Indians In-dians range from $1,000 annually up to $3,ri00. Indiana of the Neah bay Jurisdiction, Jurisdic-tion, nt the most northwesterly point In the State of Washington, obtain large receipts from seal as well as salmon fishing. Although handicapped by their ancient methods of seal fishing, these Indians hflve an annual sale of seal furs amounting to approximately $12,-000 $12,-000 and upwards for the raw skins. Their receipts from salmon also exceed ex-ceed $10,000 annually. Fishing In the Qulnnielt river In the Qulnaielt Indian reservation also brings receipts to the Indiana of approximately ap-proximately $53,000 annually. |