Makah Tribe creates Sooes Creek habitat
Seattle Times: Migrating fish in the Sooes River on the Olympic coast are getting a helping hand from the Makah Tribe. One day late last month in a span of…
Status Of Things To Come
January 5, 2004
As we embark on the year 2004, it seems worthwhile to evaluate the status of the treaties that spell out the legal relationship that exists between tribal and non-tribal governments here. It’s been 150 years since the first Washington Territorial Governor, Isaac Stevens, set foot here. From some counts, it has been seven generations since he established treaties, acting on behalf of the United States.
The treaties were, in fact, a federal prerequisite to the creation of Washington. No treaties, no state. No treaties, no landowners. No houses, no industries, no highways, no anything. And, whether you’re aware of it or not, that legal relationship still exists.