Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights plays and the salmon returns to

and the salmon returns to the fresh water where it was spawned

how they change our lives

for hunting deer out of season and off-reservation

as woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear to be primitive species of humans

not for anything that counted at least

Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights plays and the salmon returns toIn 1974, Judge George Boldt issued a ruling that affirmed the fishing rights and tribal sovereignty of Native nations in Washington State. The Boldt Decision transformed Indigenous law and resource management across the United States and beyond. Like Brown v. Board of Education, the case also brought about far reaching societal changes, reinforcing tribal sovereignty and remedying decades of injustice. Eminent legal historian and tribal advocate