Mass Police Attack 9-9-70 Puyallup Indian Land Fish Camp
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Mass Police Attack 9-9-70 Puyallup Indian Land Fish Camp
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Puyallup Fish Camp Mass Police Attack 9-9-1970 - Tacoma Police Department - State Patrol - Pierce County Sheriff's Office - Washington Departments of Game and of Fisheries - National Guard with Fort Lewis standby-backup Illegally Take Down Indian Fishing Camp on Puyallup Tribal U.S. Trust Lands with 62 arrests [Exclusive of Juvenile Indians taken into Custody] and jailing in the Pierce County-Tacoma County City Building [Courts and Jail] on September 9, 1970. U.S. Departments of Justice and of the Interior - U.S. Attorneys Office and Interior Solicitors - in consultation with Governor Dan Evans Office, gave a go-ahead and lent their authority to mobilizations of back-up forces for the Tactical Squad Military-Type Police Action.
The tribal encampment was authorized by the Puyallup Tribal Council consisting of Don Matheson, Silas Cross, Alice Buber, Theresa Maiselle Bridges and Ramona Bennett - but the Bureau of Indian Affairs continued to recognize a recalled and ousted rump Council chaired by Frank Wright Sr., who failed to support the tribal treaty fishermen fighting for both riverside Indian land title held in trust by the United States - and for unrelinquished fishing rights secured under the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854.
The tribal encampment was authorized by the Puyallup Tribal Council consisting of Don Matheson, Silas Cross, Alice Buber, Theresa Maiselle Bridges and Ramona Bennett - but the Bureau of Indian Affairs continued to recognize a recalled and ousted rump Council chaired by Frank Wright Sr., who failed to support the tribal treaty fishermen fighting for both riverside Indian land title held in trust by the United States - and for unrelinquished fishing rights secured under the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854.
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http://youtu.be/yZYcMGM8Uvw
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Hank Adams
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published via YouTube.com
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2019-01-14T19:44:23.000Z
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“Mass Police Attack 9-9-70 Puyallup Indian Land Fish Camp,” Fort Lawton Takeover: The Aftermath, accessed April 16, 2024, https://kpittman.net/flt/items/show/45.