A landmark lawsuit reaffirmed treaty fishing rights after decades of intertribal activism, inspired by the civil rights movement. Fifty years later, we look back at how far we’ve come and today’s ...

Billy Frank Jr., left, a Nisqually tribal elder, was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the 'Fish Wars' of the 1960s and 1970s. In this 2014 photo, he ...

On Feb. 12, 1974, as the Watergate scandal, Patricia Hearst’s kidnapping and the fire at the Kamiakin School in Sunnyside dominated the headlines, a judge issued a momentous court decision. Known ...

Fifty years ago, a federal judge in Western Washington issued a decision that dramatically improved the economic – and legal – prospects of Indigenous nations within the state. U.S. District Judge ...

Nick Katelnikoff learned to fish from his father, and he says his first paycheck as a fisherman came when he turned 8 years old. Now 76, pictured aboard his boat, the MZ L, he’s the last skipper ...

A half-century ago, Angoon’s harbor was packed with small, family-operated fishing vessels. Salmon and halibut fed mouths and bank accounts. Peter Duncan, Mayor of Angoon, remembers those days. But it ...

The last place I ever expected to live was New York. We could only conceive of the huge city; no hills or woodlands or fields or lakes or streams. We had all kinds of misgivings about “New Yawkuhs” - ...

FORT RAINS, Wash. (KOIN) — Ralph Ambrose Whitefoot often begins his day with an incredible view from the Washington side of the Columbia River in the Fort Rains area. A member of the Yakama Nation, he ...

TAHOLAH, Washington (Reuters) - Long before Europeans set foot on this rugged stretch of Pacific coastline, Francis McCrory's ancestors rowed wooden canoes to catch a bounty of salmon, enough to feed ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Bass Pro is celebrating the annual National Hunting and Fishing Day and Native American Heritage Day. Through the weekend at the Springfield store, you can attend the festival ...