Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights poetry the Mohegan/Mohican nation did not

the Mohegan/Mohican nation did not vanish with the death of Chief Uncas more than three hundred years ago

and the long-disavowed histories of slavery and colonization that have brought us to this moment in the first place

and the 'stars shine words right into the center of the dream

That is who I was born and how I have lived

all of which we still grapple with today

Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights poetry the Mohegan/Mohican nation did notIn 1974, Judge George Boldt issued a ruling that affirmed the fishing rights and tribal sovereignty of Native nations in Washington State. The Boldt Decision transformed Indigenous law and resource management across the United States and beyond. Like Brown v. Board of Education, the case also brought about far reaching societal changes, reinforcing tribal sovereignty and remedying decades of injustice. Eminent legal historian and tribal advocate