Lower Elwha Band of S'Klallams v. Lummi Indian Tribe

ELR Citation: ELR 20306
No(s). 98-35964 (9th Cir. Dec 13, 2000)

The court holds that a 1978 case concerning Native American fishing rights in the Puget Sound intended for the Lummi Indian Tribe's usual and accustomed fishing areas to include Admiralty Inlet but not the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the mouth of the Hood Canal. In the 1978 action, the court determin...