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The Pacific Northwest Fish Wars: What Kinds of Actions Can Lead to Justice?

This online lesson provides perspectives from Native American community members and their supporters, images, news footage, an interactive timeline, and other sources about an important campaign to secure the treaty rights and sovereignty of Native Nations of the Pacific Northwest. Explore the many actions Native Nations took to address injustices.

Resource Information

grades   9 10 11 12
featured nations
Colville, Lummi, Makah, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, Quileute, Tulalip, Yakama
subjects
English Language Arts, Government and Civics, History, Social Studies
regions
Northwest Coast, North America