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Boxberger, Daniel – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Prior to 1880, the Lummi Indians had a well-developed salmon fishing economy. When non-Indians saw the value of this resource, the Lummi were evicted by various means. Starting in the 1960s, however, several western Indian tribes initiated legal procedures which resulted in the recovery of treaty-secured fishing rights. (AN)
Descriptors: American Indians, Economic Change, Economic Development, Natural Resources
