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What Kind of Actions Can Lead to Justice?

As early as the 1870's the fish were "dangerously over harvested."

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - So begins the lesson plan provided by the Smithsonian Institution Museum of the American Indian about what became known as the "Fish Wars."

This included the right to fish in usual and accustomed grounds, off reservation, as they had done since time immemorial.