Wow, hats off to the July 12 letter by Arch Whisman (“If site sacred, why was it neglected”) for his candor regarding the Tulalips and their ridiculous land grab effort at Cama Beach in the 12th hour.
I can appreciate the Tulalips’ diligence in preserving their heritage and ancestral grave sites, but let’s face it, Elliot Bay in Seattle probably has a lot of Indian bones in and around it. Shall we surrender that area when they materialize as well? Take the bones, have a ceremony, put them to rest, similar to what other tribes in the world do when this happens.
As for fishing and crabbing rights, where should I begin? Other than to say, in the old days, there were actually some crabs out in Puget Sound after the month of June larger than 5 inches. When we gave them all the fishing rights they have now they were fishing out of canoes. I guess some of them still do. After they’re towed out to their prey by a 50 HP Merc.
Mike Carter
Everett
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