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Messages from Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way by Charles Wilkinson
fragglerocker's review
5.0
Read for a work book club - a fast read, very informative about Tribal fishing rights in the PNW.
dorothy_gale's review
4.0
Amazon Review from 10/4/2000...
Page-Turning History with a Hint of Hope
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.
Page-Turning History with a Hint of Hope
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.
lonu's review
5.0
Everything you need to know about the struggle for Native American rights in this country.
This is the story of the Nisqually, their battle to retain their land and the legal status of their treaty with the US government.
The story is a short and fun to read but it also provides a great outline of the broader Indian treaty rights struggle. If you're interested in knowing more about treaty rights (a corner stone of the Indian story) then please, I beg oh you, read this book.
This is the story of the Nisqually, their battle to retain their land and the legal status of their treaty with the US government.
The story is a short and fun to read but it also provides a great outline of the broader Indian treaty rights struggle. If you're interested in knowing more about treaty rights (a corner stone of the Indian story) then please, I beg oh you, read this book.
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