Archive for the ‘Salmon Fishing in WA’ Category
Salmon Fishing In WA
Salmon Fishing WA
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Fishermen’s Frontier, The: People and Salmon in Southeast Alaska (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) $20.02 “This ambitious and multifaceted book provides a sweeping history of the southeastern Alaska fishery and the people who oriented their lives around it, breaking down conventional boundaries by incorporating Indian, labor, and environmental history, all the while addressing some of the most important themes in western scholarship.” -American Historical Review”Books about fish tend to be tales of de… |
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Where the Salmon Run: The Life and Legacy of Billy Frank Jr. $33.34 Billy Frank Jr. was an early participant in the fight for tribal fishing rights during the 1960s. Roughed up, belittled, and handcuffed on the riverbank, he emerged as one of the most influential Northwest Indians in modern history. His efforts helped bring about the 1974 ruling by Federal Judge George H. Boldt affirming Northwest tribal fishing rights and allocating half the harvestable catch to … |
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The Nature of Borders: Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea (Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series in Western History and Biography) $13.57 For centuries, borders have been central to salmon management customs on the Salish Sea, but how those borders were drawn has had very different effects on the Northwest salmon fishery. Native peoples who fished the Salish Sea–which includes Puget Sound in Washington State, the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca–drew social and cultural borders around salmon fi… |