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UNITED STATES V. OREGON
(1969 - US DISTRICT COURT – DISTRICT OF OREGON)
I Richard and David Sohappy, with twelve other Yakima treaty fishermen, sued Oregon Fish Commissioner
Mckee Smith and the Oregon State Commission.
I "They [sought] a decree of this court defining their treaty right ‘of taking fish at all usual and accustomed
places' on the Columbia River and its tributaries and the manner and extent of the State of Oregon may
regulate Indian fishing." 302 F. Supp. 899, 903-04.
I “Shortly thereafter the United States on its own behalf and on behalf of the Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakima Reservation, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Umatilla Reservation composed of the
Walla Walla, Cayuse and Umatilla Bands or Tribes, the Nez Perce Indian Tribe and ‘all other tribes similarly
situated' filed case No. 68-513 [US v. OR]." 302 F. Supp. 899, 904.View entire presentation