In our fourth episode we discuss food sovereignty and how the movement of food sovereignty relates to the protection of treaty rights won in the Puget Sound Treaty War.

This episode references the fishing wars of the 1970s and the resulting Boldt decision as well as two recent legal battles over treaty rights – the 2018 Culverts Case in which the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that culverts constructed by Washington state blocked salmon runs and the recent dismissal of charges against two Tulalip fishermen brought by the State’s Department of Fish and Wildlife for alleged shellfish trafficking.

Panelists include:

• Danny Marshall, Chairperson, Steilacoom Indian Tribe
• Nettsie Bullchild, Director of Nisqually Tribal Archives/Nisqually Tribal Historic Preservation Office
• Warren KingGeorge, Historian, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe