Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights

"[D]eftly lays out one of the twentieth century's most significant and underestimated legal decisions."—New York Review of Books

In 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 sovereign...