Most Lummi fishermen use purse seine or gill nets. In the late 1890s, the Native American reef nets disappeared through a combination of competition with non-indigenous salmon traps and adverse ...

Q: I’ve heard that since I’m Native American, I can net fish in inland waters like lakes and rivers.Is this true? — Tyler. A: Thanks for reaching out about allowable fishing methods for ...

In the late 1890s, the Native American reef nets disappeared through a combination of competition with non-indigenous salmon traps and adverse court rulings on land use. When the salmon traps were ...

As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd ...

A Native American fisherman dip-nets for salmon in the Mid-Columbia in 1909. Indian tribes, as sovereign nations, have powerful rights to fish in the Columbia River system.

Fishign nets have been a fixture of our coastal heritage from when Native American’s lived along the Florida’s coast, to the Commercial Fishing Village of Cortez in Manatee County.

Learn Native American fishing techniques at the Ya’i Heki ... Building fish dams and offshore net-fishing drew the labor of neighboring tribes, thus enhancing their shared technology.

Here in Salem, we believe ancient Native American fish weirs were used to catch fish both west of Winter Island (in what is now Salem’s Cat Cove) — and across the mouth of a shallow tidal ...

The lawlessness of non-Native fishers went beyond illegal fishing. They rammed boats, cut Native fishing nets, slashed tires and even fired shots at Lummi fisherman, one of which was a 14-year-old ...

They could fill an entire boat with one cast of the net back then, and even on a slow day, they could count on hauling in dozens of fish. A Victory for a Tribe That’s Lost Its Salmon spotlight ...

As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the boats land on the sandy ...