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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   ADDITIONAL ITEMS • Read the judge's ruling on the culvert claim ( PDF)   Related Stories • Tribes pursue rights in court 2/2/07 • Tribes seek greater clout 10/22/06 • Tribes push treaty rights 10/22/06 • Treaty's key points of contention 10/22/06 • Text of the Treaty of Point Elliott, 1855 10/22/06 • Facts about Indian law 10/22/06   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Tribes win federal suit against state over salmon Treaty of Point Elliot set stage for native claims over habitat, judge rules By Jim Haley Herald writer SEATTLE - Indians will have a much greater role in deciding how and where the state and other governments build culverts that impede salmon migration, following a federal court ruling Wednesday siding with the Tulalips and many other Washington tribes. In their federal lawsuit, the tribes said that state and local government has an obligation under the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliot to protect salmon habitat by not hindering fish passage with narrow or blocking culverts. "This is a clear step for the tribes to enter into discussions with the state in terms of the impact to our tribal culture,” Tulalip fisheries commissioner Terry Williams said this afternoon. The tribes alleged in their lawsuit that fish don’t have access to 249 miles of streams that they should have, preventing the production of potentially 200,000 fish for tribal harvest.

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