September 11, 2023
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday said a Washington federal judge correctly applied a 50-year-old fishing rights decree to rule that Puget Sound waters east of Whidbey Island and south of Fidalgo Island do not fall within the Lummi Nation's traditional fishing territory.
February 13, 2023
Nearly half a century after a landmark ruling that entitled Washington tribes to 50% of the annual catch in the state, Native leaders are still fighting just as hard to safeguard their fishing rights and have identified new opponents in the conflict: one another.
November 09, 2022
A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday waded into the language of a nearly 50-year-old landmark decision as it sought to settle two disputes between Washington tribes that are the latest in decadeslong litigation over tribal fishing rights in the state's waterways.
July 18, 2022
Three Washington state tribes told the Ninth Circuit on Friday that a Seattle federal judge correctly interpreted the boundaries of various tribes' traditional fishing grounds, a decision that's been challenged on the grounds that it could create ambiguities in similar cases.
February 16, 2022
Two Washington tribes have asked the Ninth Circuit to review a district court's interpretation of fishing territory boundaries, saying the court "stumbled and diverged" from 50 years of case law establishing tribal fishing rights in the state.