When the Indians harp that they should be allowed to fish in their “ancient and accustomed ways,” they are on shaky grounds for argument. The catch in that phrase, incorporated in old treaties, is the virtual impossibility of an Indian complying with the “ancient” requirements. He probably is going to drive to the fishing spot, [...]

More about Indians’ rights and treaties. The Indians say the white man’s word and their treaties are not worth the paper they are written on. All the white man wants to do is to take everything away from the Indians and give them nothing but abuse in return. The white man promised the Indians that [...]

It is discouraging to note Washington’s game and fisheries departments see little chance of winning their war against several Indian groups who insist ancient tribal treaties give them the right to gillnet steelhead and salmon out of existence in several rivers famed for such resources. This week oral arguments were heard by the State Supreme [...]

December 26, 1854, 62 Indians, 19 white witnesses and Governor Stevens signed the She-van-name or Medicine Creek Treaty. Two of the tribes involved were the Puyallups and the Nisquallys. By terms of the treaty the Indians ceded the title to their lands, except certain parts to be held as reservations. The rights of the Indians [...]

To the Editor: That seems to be the edict of the Pierce County prosecutor. Does this same amnesty apply to the local citizenry or only to out-of-state celebrities? Mr. Brando openly and brazenly broke the laws of the state by fishing and taking game fish with a net, and probably did not [...]

To the Editor: There are by now a great number of people who have made comments on the Indians’ rights to fish with gillnets in the rivers of our something that was very obvious in the TNT’s excellent coverage. I think that the Indians and Marlon Brando were putting it on pretty [...]

Marlon Brando has left our state, having presumably suffered a slight sea-sickness padding about at the head of tidewater in the Quillayute River. He was much better in "Mutiny on the Bounty." Many Washington residents have a pain in the tummy, too. They wonder how it is that a Hollywood actor can [...]

To the Editor: Regarding dignity of the American Indian. Whatever else the Indian may seem to lack-it is not dignity-even the smallest child has this inner quality. Mr. Tanner made a faux pass when he mentioned this. His own people have many fine qualities, many are dignified but too many have cringed [...]

To the Editor: I’m writing you in regard to an article in the paper Monday regarding the Indian “Fish-in” on Puyallup River. As a taxpayer of the state of Washington, I am charged a nominal fee each year for the privilege of fishing the lakes and rivers of the state. With this privilege are certain [...]

Editor the Daily Olympian: There are two basic facts of the Indian controversy.

A Treaty was signed giving the Indians fishing rights in the usual and accustomed places.
The white man is now living off the Indians’ homeland while continuing to break the Indian Treaties.

Instead of using subtle and devious means trying to weasel out of the [...]