Frank organized 'fish-ins' on the Nisqually River to assert treaty fishing rights guaranteed in treaties—facing arrest dozens of times before courts affirmed tribal salmon fisheries in the Pacific Northwest.
Biography
The Boldt decision (1974) recognized tribes as co-managers of salmon runs. Frank later chaired the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. His life connects Coast Salish sovereignty to ongoing stewardship of rivers and salmon.
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