TACOMA, Wash. – Is “Indian Power” becoming more than just words on a bumper sticker in the Northwest? Consider: In March, the Spokane Tribe opened a casino with more than 100 slot machines, flagrantly defying state law. In April, western Washington tribes hauled the state into federal court, demanding the right to harvest shellfish on […]
Rob Carson
Posted inSeptember 19, 1994: Flame and blame in the Northwest
Non-Indians try to hold onto private property
Note: this article is a sidebar to a news story, Washington tribes vigorously claim their rights. In the struggle for Indian sovereignty, Washington state tribes have led the charge on every major front – in the courts, in Congress and around conference tables. It is perhaps not surprising, then, that other Washington residents have led […]