NATAMST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit, Culvert, Washington Territory

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Native American Studies
• Course: NATAMST 100
• Professor: Joseph Myers

Document Summary

Official citation : united states v. washington , 384 f. supp. Wash. 1974), aff"d, 520 f. 2d 676 (9th cir. Court name : us district court, western district of washington. The tribes of washington had ceded their land to the us but had reserved the right to fish as they had always done, including fishing at their traditional locations that were off the designated reservations. These fish were vital to indian diet, played important role in their religious life & constituted major element of their trade & economy. Purposes of treaties were to extinguish indian claims to land in washington. Territory & provide for peaceful & compatible coexistence of indians & non-indians in area. Us was concerned with forestalling friction between indians & settlers & between settlers & government. Settler had taken up land claims under donation act even though indian rights had not yet been extinguished by treaties as required by act creating the oregon.