United States v. Washington was a 1974 case heard in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. It reaffirmed the reserved right of American Indian tribes in the State of Washington to act alongside the state as co-managers of salmon and other fish, and to continue harvesting them in accordance with the various treaties that the United States had signed with the tribes. The tribes of Washington had ceded their land to the United States but had reserved the right to fish as they always had (pictured), including fishing at their traditional locations that were off the designated reservations. After a long trial, the decision of federal judge George Hugo Boldt held that the tribes were entitled to half the fish harvest each year. In 1975 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Judge Boldt's ruling and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. After the state refused to enforce the court order, Boldt ordered the Coast Guard to enforce his rulings. In a later case, Justice John Paul Stevens summarized: "Both sides have a right, secured by treaty, to take a fair share of the available fish." (Full article...).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1641:

Irish Catholic gentry in Ulster tried to seize control of Dublin Castle, the seat of English rule in Ireland, to force concessions to Catholics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1641

1812:

General Claude François de Malet began a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he was now the commandant of Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malet_coup_of_1812

1953:

Alto Broadcasting System in the Philippines made the first television broadcast in Southeast Asia on DZAQ-TV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABS-CBN

1972:

Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ended after five months. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker

2002:

Chechen separatists seized a crowded theater in Moscow, taking approximately 700 patrons and performers hostage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

poplit: The shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint; the popliteal fossa or “knee pit”. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poplit

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

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