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UNITED STATES v. SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE

No. 84-3894.

764 F.2d 670 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Quinault Indian Tribe, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, and The Suquamish Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. The SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Foster, Browne, Ressler & Foster, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant.

Gregory M. O'Leary, Wickwire, Lewis, Goldmark & Schorr, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee.

Before WRIGHT, KENNEDY, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

In 1855, the United States signed treaties with several Pacific Northwest Indian tribes, including the Skokomish and Suquamish Indian Tribes. The treaties reserved to the signatory tribes their pre-treaty fishing rights in relation to one another.

The district court found that the Twana Tribe (the aboriginal predecessor in interest of the Skokomish) had a primary right to fish the Hood Canal and its watershed area. A primary...

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