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PUYALLUP TRIBE V. DEPARTMENT OF
GAME OF WASHINGTON (PUYALLUP I)
(1968 - US SUPREME COURT)
“But the manner of fishing, the size of the take, the restriction of commercial fishing, and the like may be
regulated by the State in the interest of conservation, provided the regulation meets appropriate standards
and does not discriminate against the Indians." 391 U.S. 392, 398.
I "[T]he 'right' to fish outside the reservation was a treaty 'right' that could not be qualified or conditioned by
the State. But 'the time and manner of fishing . . . necessary for the conservation of fish,' not being defined
or established by the treaty, were within the reach of state power." 391 U.S. 392, 399.
Fourth US Supreme Court case using Canons of Treaty Construction to interpret Stevens Treaties.View entire presentation