Table of Contents: Columbia Basin Native Fishery

The Treaty Right to Harvest

Traditional Equipment

Introduction 
Weirs, Traps, Platforms & Dipnets 

Dams & the Native Fishery

Introduction 
Bonneville 
The Dalles 
John Day & McNary 
Priest Rapids & Wanapum 
Rock Island, Rocky Reach, Wells & Chief Joseph 
Grand Coulee 
Ice Harbor, Lower Monument, Little Goose & Lower Granite 
Hells Canyon, Oxbow, Brownlee & Dworshak 
Revelstoke, Keenleyside, Mica & Duncan 

Celilo Falls

Oregon’s Oldest Town: 11,000 Years of Occupation 
Fishing at Celilo Falls, 1930-1950 
The Dam: Compensation 
Celilo Village Relocation 
The Legacy of Celilo 

U.S. Treaties

Introduction 
Indian Council in the Valley of the Walla Walla, Lawrence Kip, 1855 
Yakima Treaty, 1855 
Tribes of Middle Oregon Treaty, 1855 
Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Treaty, 1855 
Hell Gate Treaty, 1855 
Blackfeet Treaty of Fort Benton, 1855 
Nez Perce Treaty, 1855 
Nez Perce Treaty, 1863 
Nez Perce Treaty, 1868 
Peace Treaty between the Spokane and the United States, 1858 
Treaty of Ruby Valley, 1864 
Shoshone Bannock Treaty, 1868 
Columbia Treaty with Chief Joseph, 1883 

Executive Orders

Coeur d’Alene & Fort Hall 
Columbia Reservation, 1872 
Columbia Reservation, 1873 
Wallowa Reservation, 1873 
Moses Reservation, 1879 
Moses Reservation, 1885 
Spokane Reservation, 1881 
Proclamation regarding the Nez Perce Reservation, 1895 

Canadian Documents

Introduction 
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 
The Oregon Treaty, 1846 
British North American Act, 1867 
Indian Act 
Fisheries Act 
Columbia River Treaty, 1964 

U.S. Legal Decisions

Introduction 
United States v. Winans, 1905 
Williams v. Seufert, 1916 
Seufert Bros. v. United States, 1919 
State v. Meninock, 1921 
Hoptowit v. Brown, 1921 
State v. Tulee, 1941 
Tulee v. Washington, 1942 
Seufert Bros. Company v. Hoptowit et al., 1951 
Puyallup V. Washington, 1968 
Sohappy v. Smith, 1969 
Sohappy v. Smith Judgement, 1969 
Washington v. Puyallup, 1973 
Settler v. Lameer, 1974 
United States v. Washington, 1974 
Sohappy v. Smith, 1976 
Washington v. Fishing Vessel Association, 1979 
Colville v. Washington, 1979 
United States v. Washington, Phase II, 1980 
United States v. Oregon, 1983 
State v. Sohappy, 1988 

Canadian Legal Decisions

Introduction 
Regina v. N.T.C. Smokehouse Ltd., 1996 
Regina v. Adams, 1996 
Regina v. Cote, 1996 
Regina v. Gladstone, 1996 
Regina v. Sparrow, 1990 

Other Documents

Introduction 
The Resurrection of a River: Re-watering the Umatilla Basin 
Summary of Wy-Kan-Ush-Mi Wa-Kish-Wit by the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission 
David Sohappy talks about his involvement in Sohappy v. Smith 
Letter to Mark Hatfield from Donald Sampson and the Umatilla 
Selections for the Journals of Lewis and Clark 
Letter from the Yakama Nation to the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission 
Shoshone-Bannock Concept Paper 
Umatilla Policy for Salmon Restoration 
Sahaptin Fishing Terminology 
Letter from Chief Tommy Thompson to Jasper Elliott 
Memo from William Brophy, Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner 
Fish Count Records 

Profiles

Umatilla 
Yakama 
Shuswap 
Reserve System 
Okanagan, Lakes and Colville 
Kootenai 
Lower Kalispel 
Colville 
Spokane 
Warm Springs 
Flathead 
Couer d’Alene 
Nez Perce 
Burns Paiute 
Fort Hall Profile 
Duck Valley Profile 

Bibliography & Resources

Questions To Consider

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