Investor Presentaiton
H
UNITED STATES V. OREGON
(1969 - US DISTRICT COURT - DISTRICT OF OREGON)
I MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE INDIANS
■ “Oregon recognizes sports fishermen and commercial fishermen and seems to attempt to make an
equitable division between the two. But the state seems to have ignored the rights of the Indians who
acquired a treaty right to fish at their historic off-reservation fishing stations. If Oregon intends to maintain
a separate status of commercial and sports fisheries, it is obvious a third must be added, the Indian
fishery. The treaty Indians, having an absolute right to that fishery, are entitled to a fair share of the fish
produced by the Columbia River system." 302 F. Supp. 899, 910-11.
“The Supreme Court has said that the right to fish at all usual and accustomed places may not be qualified
by the state. (Puyallup I) 391 U.S. 398. I interpret this to mean that the state cannot so manage the fishery
that little or no harvestable portion of the run remains to reach the upper portions of the stream where the
historic Indian places are mostly located." 302 F. Supp. 899, 911.View entire presentation