OCR Text |
Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES Page Th.ee FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1974 Court Says Indians Free to Fish As Their Ancestors Did state game authorities, the fedHowever, the court refused to eral government, as the trustee recognize that the Indian tribes of Indian rights, filed a suit understood that they would be against the State of Washington putting themselves in a position to prohibit further interference of someday being regulated. with Indian fishermen. Most of 's In the the U.S. the Indian tribes in the area in- treatied with the unlettered tervened in the suit in an effort Northwest tribes to acquire great to make certain that their rights expanses of land. Reluctant to be were vigorously represented. confined to small reservation mid-1850- Indian tribes living in the State of Washington have just won a three year battle to protect their treaty guaranteed fishing rights. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled this month that the coastal Indian tribes in the area have a right to regulate their own salmon and steelhead fishing, free of interference from Washington State Game and Fish authorities. The State of Washington hung In 1970, after years of conflict, its case on language within the arrests and physical violence be- treaty that gave Indians fishing tween Indian fishermen and rights in common with all citizens of the territory. Indians understood the language in common with all citizens of the territory to limit their right to fish in any way. Further, the court noted that Indians have observed their own conservation methods and the fish remained in copious volume, and added that other than naturally caused threat to volume or species came from n sisted that their people continue population growth to fish as they had beyond the and industrial develin reservation boundaries. the opment rapid westward of advance no civilization. is the There indication that bases, the Indian negotiator in- non-India- non-Indi- o Q o G G G to o G o o o o G u u Weekday Evenings When the sun goes down, so does the cost of Long Distance. Our rates are lower from 5 p.m. Weekday Mornings After 11 an until 1 1 p.m. p.m., Long Distance rates are at their lowest, and don't go up again until 8 a.m. Weekends To help you enjoy your weekend, Long Distance rates are at their lowest all day long on Saturday, and on Sunday it just wont cost as much. Of course, any time at all, you can dial direct. Your call will mean as much Long Distance. One phone call can make you feel so good. Mountain Bell until 5 p.m. o |