June 12, 2015
Two Washington state tribes urged a federal judge Friday to reject the Lummi Nation's bid to allow it to resume fishing near Seattle in waters currently claimed in part by the tribes, saying there's no evidence the Lummi ever fished in the disputed area.
June 03, 2015
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday permanently blocked the Suquamish Tribe from fishing in disputed waters off the state's northwestern shore near Seattle, saying the evidence available in a landmark 1975 ruling on the waters didn't support the tribe's attempt to expand its fishing grounds.
May 26, 2015
Two northern Washington Native American tribes urged a federal judge Friday to find that their ancestral fishing grounds extend up to 50 miles offshore, while a third tribe argued that incidental evidence of the first two tribes' ancestors' hunting habits isn't enough to warrant the more expansive interpretation.
May 11, 2015
The Skokomish Indian Tribe said Friday that it has tried and failed to negotiate an end to a shellfish conflict in the Hood Canal with a family-owned shellfish harvesting company, urging a Washington federal judge to act over allegedly unlawful interference in its harvest rights.
April 20, 2015
Several northwest Washington tribes urged a federal judge Friday to reject a claim that historical evidence of tribes hunting marine mammals isn't enough to help them establish fishing boundaries, saying taking away those rights would undermine the fishing rights of many other tribes.
April 17, 2015
Two Native American tribes told a federal judge on Thursday that evidence of whaling and sealing in an offshore fishery doesn't establish "usual and accustomed" fishing grounds in a dispute over ancestral fishing rights off of Washington's northern coast.
April 02, 2015
The Upper Skagit Tribe on Wednesday urged a Washington federal judge to grant summary judgment against the Suquamish Tribe in a row over disputed waters off the state's northern shore, saying that no factual evidence supports the tribe's fishing claims.
March 25, 2015
Two Washington state tribes asked a Washington federal judge Wednesday to stop another tribe from fishing in disputed waters off the western shore of the state, arguing that the tribe wasn't allowed to reopen fishing in the area before the court settled its customary fishing grounds.
March 16, 2015
Three Washington tribes asked a Washington federal judge on Monday not to admit Indian Claims Commission decisions in a row over tribal fishing rights in the Pacific Ocean, arguing that the rulings didn't apply to treaty rights disputes.