Name ___________________________________
Student Materials
1
AmericanIndian.si.edu/NK360
Pacific Northwest Fish Wars
What Kinds of Actions Can Lead to Justice?
Supporting Question Two: What Happened
After the Fish Wars Went to Court?
Part A—Laws Matter
Directions: After you watch the video The Boldt Decision, read the facts from the video and
explain the significance of each fact to the Fish Wars.
FACTS from Video
SIGNIFICANCE to Fish Wars
Treaties are discussed in Article VI of the U.S.
Constitution.
Indian nations have negotiated and signed
treaties with the United states.
States cannot make treaties with nations and
cannot violate treaties made by the United
States.
The States of Washington and Oregon passed
laws that limited Indians’ rights to fish.
U.S. courts agreed that Indians have a treaty
right to fish where they had always fished
before treaties.
Washington State didn’t agree with the U.S.
courts’ rulings.
Name ___________________________________
2
AmericanIndian.si.edu/NK360
Pacific Northwest Fish Wars
What Kinds of Actions Can Lead to Justice?
Student Materials
Part B—Identifying Backlash
Directions: After annotating the sources in the case study Backlash to Boldt
choose three types of backlash that Native Peoples and their allies encountered. In
the right-hand column provide evidence from the sources to support why the
example you wrote in the left-hand column counts as backlash.
Types of backlash encountered by
Native Peoples and allies
Why is this “backlash”? Provide
evidence
