For the second year, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians was able to open a limited ceremonial and subsistence fishery for elders on spring chinook. The two day fishery was open last week. Here are some videos from that fishery. Herman Dillon Jr., the tribe’s fisheries commission chairman, talks about the various drifts that tribal fishermen […]
The Seattle Times published a story focusing on the Skokomish Tribe and how the health of Hood Canal is affecting the tribe’s way of life… HOOD CANAL — It’s a small harvest, but a prized one: fewer than a dozen or so Dungeness crabs, hoisted fresh from the steel-gray water onto the deck of the […]
Squaxin Island tribal fisherman conducting a ceremonial fishery earlier this fall.
KIRO 7’s Essex Porter did an interview with Billy for “In Color,” which was aired last Sunday. Go here to watch the extended interview. Good watching, including reflections on the Salmon Wars, the loss of salmon habitat to development and the current attacks on all salmon fisherman. If you want to learn more about tribal […]
OLYMPIA (April 5, 2005) – Did you take a shower this morning? Eat a bowl of cereal? Drive to work? If you did any of those things, you killed wild salmon. You see, millions of other folks did the same thing. Together, these and other everyday activities take a toll on salmon and the habitat […]
NISQUALLY (January 19, 2005) – A decade ago, only 400 chinook salmon spawned in the Nisqually River. This year more than 2,600 chinook returned. “Nisqually River chinook are making a comeback because of sacrifices by tribal fisherman and a dedication by the Nisqually Tribe and it’s neighbors to protect and restore salmon habitat,” said David […]
HOH RESERVATION (Feb. 27,2002) — Steven Penn, Hoh tribal fisherman, is enjoying a day of fishing despite a couple of things that might have caused other fishermen to call it a day. The 60-something Penn doesn’t have a truck at the moment – it’s in the shop. His boat motor isn’t working either, so he […]
WASHINTTON COAST (March 1, 2002) — Harvest of blackcod, one of the economic pillars of the coastal tribal communities, has been cut by 37 percent this season. The oily bottom-dwelling blackcod is prized in Japan, and more recently, in fine restaurants throughout the United States. In recent years, tribal fisherman were getting up to $4 […]
