Messages from Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way
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  • Page-Turning History with a Hint of Hope
Messages from Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way
Charles F. Wilkinson
Manufacturer: University of Washington Press
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Book Description

In 1974 Federal Judge George H. Boldt issued one of the most sweeping rulings in the history of the Pacific Northwest, affirming the treaty rights of Northwest tribal fishermen and allocating to them 50 percent of the harvestable catch of salmon and steelhead. Among the Indians testifying in Judge Boldt's courtroom were Nisqually tribal leader Billy Frank, Jr., and his 95-year-old father, whose six acres along the Nisqually River, known as Frank's Landing, had been targeted for years by state game wardens in the so-called Fish Wars.

By the 1960s the Landing had become a focal point for the assertion of tribal treaty rights in the Northwest. It also lay at the moral center of the tribal sovereignty movement nationally. The confrontations at the Landing hit the news and caught the conscience of many. Like the schoolhouse steps at Little Rock, or the bridge at Selma, Frank's Landing came to signify a threshold for change, and Billy Frank, Jr., became a leading architect of consensus, a role he continues today as one of the most colorful and accomplished figures in the modern history of the Pacific Northwest.

In Messages from Frank's Landing, Charles Wilkinson explores the broad historical, legal, and social context of Indian fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest, providing a dramatic account of the people and issues involved. He draws on his own decades of experience as a lawyer working with Indian people, and focuses throughout on Billy Frank and the river flowing past Frank's Landing. In all aspects of Frank's life as an activist, from legal settlements negotiated over salmon habitats destroyed by hydroelectric plants, to successful negotiations with the U.S. Army for environmental protection of tribal lands, Wilkinson points up the significance of the traditional Indian world view -- the powerful and direct legacy of Frank's father, conveyed through generations of Indian people who have crafted a practical working philosophy and a way of life. Drawing on many hours spent talking and laughing with Billy Frank while canoeing the Nisqually watershed, Wilkinson conveys words of respect and responsibility for the earth we inhabit and for the diverse communities the world encompasses. These are the messages from Frank's Landing. Wilkinson brings welcome clarity to complex legal issues, deepening our insight into a turbulent period in the political and environmental history of the Northwest.

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4 out of 5 stars great overview, photos, implications for the future.......2004-12-01

Messages from Frank's Landing is a unique examination of a turning point in Indian sovereignty in the Pacific Northwest. For nearly 12,000 years the Nisqually and Payullup Rivers have provided food, a way of life, and a spiritual force to the Indians of the Puget Sound region. Encroachments on their land and their fishing areas began in 1833 when the Hudson's Bay Company founded Fort Nisqually to enhance the fur trade. Their reservation was decreased significantly in 1854 through a perfidious treaty agreement, triggering the Leschi War, named for the Tribal leader who lost his life for the cause. During World War I, the U.S. government broke part of the treaty, and transferred a section of the reservation along the river to the army as part of Fort Lewis. Three years later, Billy Frank bought six acres along the river which became known as Frank's Landing.
In the 1930s, the salmon count fell victim to unregulated offshore commercial boats and to hydroelectric development. The end of World War II signaled a massive population increase, and many non-Indians took jobs as offshore commercial fisherman. This population boom proved disastrous as hydroelectric dams, timber harvests, road and highway development, and pesticides used in forestry and agriculture combined to endanger the rivers. By the 1960s, Indians without fishing permits were the victims of constant raids and sting operations. In this context, Frank's Landing became the focal point for the tribal assertion of treaty rights in the Northwest.
In 1962, the state mounted a major raid on Nisqually fisherman during the winter salmon run. The Nisqually's passive resistance was caught on film and ended up in front-page photographs. Frank's Landing gradually became to be recognized in the 1960s as a place to go and honor a noble cause. In 1970, the United States filed United States v. Washington, on behalf of the tribes in the Puget Sound and Olympic Peninsula areas that had been included in the 1854 treaties. On February 12, 1974, the Boldt Decision, as it came to be known, reaffirmed the treaties, and allocated 50% of all salmon harvested to the Indians. Indians made up less than one percent of the population, and had previously been taking only about five percent of the total salmon harvest. This was a drastic blow to the commercial and sport fisherman, and an extraordinary victory for the Indians. More significantly, the opinion recognized the tribes' sovereignty and ruled that tribal governments had the authority to regulate their members. Led by Billy Frank, Jr., the Tribe announced an ambitious program to restore the Tribe's fisheries, which had been devastated by years of pollution and misuse. To save the watershed, Frank, Jr. cooperated with two Washington state fish and wildlife agencies to find a way to operate the river for both salmon and power-production. Several projects over the next few years would ensure the livelihood of the salmon and their habitat for generations to come.
Billy Frank, Jr. has served as the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission since 1977, which includes 19 Tribes, and a staff of fifty professional biologists, ecologists, computer modelers, policy analysts, and lawyers. Billy's sister, Maiselle Bridges, founded the Wa He Lut Indian School at Frank's Landing. The founding of this school, the refusal to relinquish the right to fish despite the state's exertions, the restoration of the Nisqually watershed, and the work of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission all reflect the struggle of Indian people to endure as peoples. This book is a testament to this struggle and to this endurance. The author relies on archival research, newspaper and media accounts, secondary sources, but most of all, personal interviews and experiences with Frank, Jr. and the Nisqually people. Activist Hank Adams provides vivid photographs which document the struggle as well as the beauty of the landscape. Wilkinson provides a thoughtful and well-written narrative, and concludes by examining the global implications found within this story. Frank, Jr. ends with an offering of hope for the future: "We're the advocates for the salmon, the animals, the birds, the water. Put out the story of our lives, and how we live with the land, and how they're our neighbors. And how you have to respect your neighbors and work with your neighbors. So what you do is, you do what you can in your lifetime. Then that'll go on to another lifetime (104)."

4 out of 5 stars Page-Turning History with a Hint of Hope.......2000-10-04

As a member of a Pacific Northwest tribe and fishing family, I found this book to be resourceful, interesting, eye-opening, and yet hopeful. It summarized rather clearly many important points of the "fish wars," tribal treaties, government-to-government relations and tribal sovereignty, family and tribal traditions, timber and dam effects on river/fish sustainability, and much more. It is clear that the author put a tremendous amount of time and energy into the research and ideas behind this book. And it is not just a "history rewritten" book or an attempt by one cultural group to get their two cents in on the events of 30 to 150 years passed. It's about an Indian world view, and how saving the salmon and the rivers they run through is part of the Indian way.

Another aspect that I liked about this book was the lack of white bashing, and also the tremendous respect for the law of the land. This book provides many examples of the patience required to work through the American judicial system, and how the positive results of that patience can be cultural, environmental, and social... things that are impossible to measure in terms of dollars.

A hint of hope is intertwined through the chapters as various governments and cultures -- people with sometimes conflicting goals and values -- are able to successfully work together as "good neighbors."

Inspiring and even humorous at times, I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of the Pacific Northwest, the environment, Indian culture, and/or the law. It would be great if this book ends up in classrooms at the junior high level on up. It also includes many excellent, crisp photos.

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Challenging Myths, Assessing Theories, Individualizing Interventions
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I bought this book as a text for my Chemical Dependancies class for my masters degree in Psychology. I found this text to be very dry. It is informative, with lots of statistical/research type details and useful for that purpose. However, I found the text to lack a more human dimension and as a result i found that I had to make quite an effort to read it ( that is unusual for me). I think that, as dependancies on Alcohol, tobacco and other substances is such a widespread phenomenon in our society, that so many people can relate to, as so many families have been touched by the problems of a loved one with addiction problems, I think that it would have been possible to enrich this text with some case studies or stories. These would have brought the text more into reality and given it more feeling. As it is the book reads very much like a dry research paper on the phenomenon and lacks a little Soul. A good book for someone in the field, but not so good for a student making its first steps within it.
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                    1 out of 5 stars Landmark Visitors Guide to Trinidad and Tobago.......2007-07-24

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                    5 out of 5 stars Yinhatil Nab'en Seeds of Knowledge.......2005-09-26

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                    4 out of 5 stars The amazing book Colibri.......2004-11-08

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                      ASIN: 1558854495

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                      From Aztec princess to slave and concubine, Hummingbird—or Huitzitzilín in her native Nahuatl— recounts her life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico in Graciela Limón's novel, La canción del colibrí. Translated from the English-language novel originally published in 1996, Song of the Hummingbird, Huitzitzilín describes the wondrous arrival of the four-legged gods and the brutal devastation of her land and her people. She witnessed the obliteration of Tenochitlán and suffered the loss of her identity - forced to discard her traditional garb, to speak a language foreign to her tongue and to forsake her ancestral gods.

                      Expressing a confidence and freedom that women have strived for centuries to attain, Huitzitzilín passionately relates her tale to Father Benito, the priest who seeks to confess and convert her, to offer her absolution she neither needs nor wants. Instead she forces him to see the conquest for the first time through the eyes of the conquered.

                      In La canción del colibrí, Limón pays homage to the pre-Colombian woman, celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in the face of cataclysm, and mourns our collective loss of treasures more valuable than all the plundered riches and gold.
                      Koala & Colibri : Des animaux en perles, multicolores et souples
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                        Koala & Colibri : Des animaux en perles, multicolores et souples
                        Ingrid Moras
                        Manufacturer: Ulisse
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                        El Rey Colibri: Una Leyenda Guatemalteca (Leyendas del Mundo)
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                          Argentina Palacios
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                          THERE'S A DRAGON IN MY SLEEPING BAG - SPANISH (Libros Colibri)
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                          • Beautiful story about two brothers and their imagination
                          THERE'S A DRAGON IN MY SLEEPING BAG - SPANISH (Libros Colibri)
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                          5 out of 5 stars Beautiful story about two brothers and their imagination.......1999-05-19

                          This is a beautiful story about two brothers and their imaginary friends. The oldest brother is playing with his Dragon (imaginary friends) while the younger sibiling feels left out...until he creates his own imaginary friend: A Camel!!!! Both imaginary friends start playing with each other :-) ... and so do the brothers... It's a beautiful story, humorous and sweet about being friends and sibilings.
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                                As questões linguísticas e sócio-culturais que foram tratadas pelos conferencistas no curso da Arrábida sobre As Línguas da Península Ibérica [2001], foram uma excepcional ocasião para reforçar a aproximação entre os especialistas de galego, espanhol, catalão, basco e português, e contribuíram para tornar mais nítida uma visão geral sobre os problemas que se põem actualmente na convivência entre línguas de expansão e línguas minoritárias de identificação cultural.
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