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Cannery on Yurok Reservation Planned:
Funding Campaign, Indybay, posted to
KBC 3/15/12
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Photos sent to
KBC of Yurok Tribe netting salmon at the mouth of the Klamath
River.
"How are the Salmon supposed to get
passed the Yurok tribe to get to Klamath
in the first place?" |
(Klamath)
Tribal group conducts restoration projects, gets on-the-job training, H&N 1/26/12. "The project at the Sycan Marsh is a partnership between the Forest Warriors; the Nature Conservancy, which manages a 30,000-acre preserve there; and Lomakatsi Restoration Project, an Ashland nonprofit that develops and oversees restoration projects...was founded with a nearly $1.5 million federal stimulus grant" |
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River Access on Reservation Denied
(by Hoopas to non tribal
people), Two Rivers Tribune
12/29/11.
“The reservation has always been
open access for fishing as far back
as I can remember,” Duggan said.
“There’s people who have been
fishing down there since the ‘40s.
We’ve got people that come from all
over the state and some from out of
state to fish for steelhead.”
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Karuk Eco-Cultural Resources Management Plan, including map of their ancestral land, posted to KBC 12/7/11 |
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Oregon Set to Enact Strict, New Water Quality Standards to Satisfy EPA, Tribes,
Marten Law 8/23/11.
"The new standard for fish consumption is 10 times higher than the previous one, and assumes Oregonians will eat 23 eight-ounce meals of Oregon caught fish per month. That rate of consumption translates into dramatically lower permissible discharge levels for 106 pollutants...which in turn could dramatically increase treatment costs for municipal sewage treatment, agriculture, and many manufacturing industries, including paper mills at a time when those industries are already struggling."
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No salmon above Klamath River stateline, by James
Waddell, Karuk People tribal member 4/14/11. From A. L.
Kroeber’s “HANDBOOK OF THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA” “The
salmon are said not to run into the Klamath Lake or above,
and streams are much smaller and standing bodies of water
infinitely more important than in the northwest. …” |
Yurok Tribe seeks input on draft legislation; plan seeks
transfer of federal land to tribe's control,
Times-Standard 3/26/11. "The
proposed transfer of Redwood National Park and Six
Rivers National Forest lands was first publicized in
2004..." |
Yurok
Tribe Doubles Land Base, North Coast Journal, posted to
KBC 4/16/11
Letter to veterans officer by Karuk Tribal member and U.S. veteran James Waddell, posted to KBC 3/2/11. Waddell is being denied veteran services. |
Where have all the fish gone?
California's Hupa tribe wars over fish, High Country
News, posted to KBC 2/5/11.
"This
stretch of the river -- known simply as "the Gorge" -- was
packed with nets last summer, Pole recalls. "I was dodging
nets," he says. "You could actually come down here and see
the fish stacked up" trying to get through...(Hupu
Indian Pole is)
critical of Hupas who sell fish to outsiders when many tribe
members can't get salmon themselves. "You have to feed your
people first."
Fisheries director, Orcutt already makes close to $100,000 a
year. In 2009, Orcutt, his brother, Kevin, and his wife,
Vivienna, sold more than 800 fish to Wild Planet, for about
$32,000. Last year, the family made $19,000 selling fish to
the company -- accounting for more than half the fish that
Hupa tribe members sold to it." |
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Clamor Along The
Klamath, Sports Illustrated Si Vault, 6/4/79. "Del Norte County Sheriff
Tom Hopper and his men stopped a truck on Highway 101 carrying 650 salmon and
one steelhead worth some $60,000 to $70,000. " Klamath River fish are being sold
to points as distant as Reno, San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver and "maybe even as
far as New York..." As told by Yurok, "The Indians who are now gillnetting the
salmon to death are fishing drift nets in the mouth of the Klamath. They say
they're fishing 'traditionally.' That's bunk, too. Nobody ever fished the mouth
in the old days. It was too far away, and who could paddle those big, cumbersome
canoes back upstream? These gill-netters say that the old Yuroks traded salmon
with other tribes, and thus they justify commercial fishing. That's a lie. The
old Indians believed it to be a sin to sell or barter fish. There used to be a
fall run of big salmon in the Klamath—we called them 'kings.' They were big
fish, 60 pounds or more. We wiped that run out about 1945." |
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Secretary Salazar, Assistant Secretary Echo Hawk
Submit Draft Consultation Policy to Tribal
Leaders; Framework Provides Greater Role for
Tribes in Federal Decisions Affecting Indian
Country, DOI 1/14/11 |
Yurok Tribe pursuing acquisition of Redwood National
Park land, NY Times and Crescent City
Triplicate, posted to KBC 1/2/11 |
Obama Announces Support for UN Resolution
Stating 'Indigenous Peoples Have the Right
to the Lands ... They Have Traditionally
Owned, Occupied or Otherwise Used or
Acquired',
CNS News, posted to KBC 12/22/10 |
Disputed Territory;
Federal employees and the Yurok Tribe extend the
age-old battle over American terra firma,
North Coast Journal, posted to KBC 11/26/10.
"...Yurok
tribe is quietly working on a bill that would
give them ownership of thousands of acres of
public land, including parts of Redwood National
Park and Six Rivers National Forest, plus marine
sanctuary waters surrounding Reading Rock, a sea
stack five miles offshore that’s currently under
the auspices of the U.S. Bureau of Land
Management..."
Paying tribute to tradition: Thousands come
together for 29th annual Intertribal
Gathering,
Times Standard, posted to KBC 11/26/10. "The
reservation straddles the Klamath River about 90
miles north of Eureka, and much of it is still
without electricity, something Myers is working
to change this year with the help of federal
grants." A KBC reader sent us this question:
"If
they want the Klamath dams out why would they
think they are entitled to electricity?" |
Klamath Tribe Restoration Act 1986
Native America in the 20th Century 1994. Money given
to Klamath Tribes for land purchases throughout
the century, and their vote to terminate. |
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(Ruby)
Pipeline creates tribal dissent, Indian
Country 9/27/10. "
At least one of them, the Klamath Tribes –
Klamath, Modoc, Yahooskin – cannot support the
project... |
Tribe braces for trouble during ritual on Lake
Shasta, LA Times 7/24/10. "In
2006, the tribe performed its first such ceremony in
80 years." |
New faces
for tribal council Klamath Tribes elect chairman,
vice chairman, council members, H&N , posted to KBC
4/28/10 |
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Letter
to "All Karuk Tribal Members" from Dan Effman,
4/4/10: "I have found in my travels that many Karuk
people are fed up with the way our affairs are being
run, misrepresentation, nepotism, not being treated
equal even though we are counted, and not letting us
have a voice. I have also found out that people are
afraid to speak up if they work for the Tribe or need
their assistance." |
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Big changes at Langdon
Farms;
Steps underway to place golf course land into trust
for Klamath Tribes,
Canby Herald, posted to KBC 2/26/10.
"Klamath
Tribes must use the Klamath Restoration Act to
acquire the property — a process that would have to
run through the BIA and would exempt the property
from local or state land use laws...Maletis family
recently hired Portland-based public relations firm
Hubbell Communications, whose clients include the
...Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust..." |
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Klamath Tribes Dispute, H&N, posted 3/1/10
Klamath
Tribes’ court restraining order issued, H&N
2/23/10
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Klamath
tribal dispute
- Group says tribal leaders were recalled, shouldn’t sign
water deal,
H&N 2/18/10 |
Deputies
called to tribal office, H&N 2/17/10. "A
large group of Klamaths claim the existing tribal council was
legally recalled at recent general council meetings...Some
claim a lack of transparency regarding tribal finances." |
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Klamath Tribal meeting ends in fight,
15 people were fighting or
trying to break up fight,
H&N
2/14/10 |
Modocs discuss separation,
H&N posted to KBC 2/12/10 |
Modoc tribal meeting is
Friday;
Separation proposal
will be discussed,
H&N 1/27/10 |
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Karuk People of
the Klamath History… and nothing to do with Karuk Political
Activists in law suits or with crazy Karuk Dam Removal
Efforts! letter by James Waddell, Karuk Tribal Member and
U.S. Veteran, posted to KBC 2/8/10 |
The history of the Shasta Tribe,
by Betty Hall, Pioneer Press, posted to KBC 12/17/09.
1905,
"Parties coming in
from Keno state that the run of salmon in the Klamath River
this year is the heaviest it has ever known". The article also
states that there is a natural rock barrier below Keno, which
it is almost impossible for the fish to get over, should some
succeed they are spotted, bruised, and are worthless.
Evidently salmon getting to Link River was not a common
occurrence, as to the statement made above." |
Giving a voice to the Shasta tribe, H&N, posted to KBC
11/30/09. "The
Shastas, unlike recognized tribes, have not been allowed to
participate in negotiations involving the Klamath Basin
Restoration Agreement, which deals with water rights along the
Klamath River...The
tribe opposes the proposed removal of four Klamath River
dams..." |
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My
Opinion: Coho in the Klamath River.
This report has been made by history research writer and
former and half-century resident of the Klamath River, Karuk
tribal member James
A. Waddell, in 2009
Hope
for Modoc identity, some seek to separate from Klamath Tribe
H&N 10/7/09 |
(Klamath) Tribes’ land
purchase would be huge mistake
(in Willamette),
H&N letter 9/29/09
Yuroks may
double land size; Tribe hopes to purchase 47,000 acres,
Triplicate 4/25/09 |
Tribes want
policies to help them aid nation’s hydropower needs,
Indian Country, posted to KBC 3/27/09. (KBC NOTE: 4 Klamath
River Tribes want to tear down our Klamath River hydropower
serving 70,000 households annually. In the Klamath Basin
Restoration Agreement, Klamath Tribe in addition to dam
removal, wants to be given part of the reservation they sold,
water rights "with the priority date of time immemorial",
funds, and neighboring land.)
Klamath Tribe document of intensions |
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Jim
Foley's presentation on unregulated Karuk Tribe dipnetting of
Federally protected salmon, to
the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors 3/17/09 |
Karuk Tribal Vice President and
spiritual leader
Leaf Hillman: Taxpayers help miners hurt fish habitat
followed by 31 Comments,
Sacramento Bee , posted to KBC
3/8/09. "Hillman,
who lives in Orleans, is charged with one count corporal
injury..." |
Tie 'em to
a tree so they can visit with the spotted owls, Pioneer
Press, posted to KBC 2/25/09 by Margo Perryman |
Revised Critical
Habitat Designated for Canada Lynx, FWS, posted 2/25/09.
"39,000
square
miles fall within the boundaries of the revised critical
habitat designation....Excluded
areas include: Tribal lands..." |
Person
of the Year - Roy Hall Jr.,
Pioneer Press, posted to KBC
1/7/08.
"As
the chairman of the Shasta Nation,
he took a stance against dam
removal on the Klamath
River...'Taking the dams out isn't
about the fish...it's about other
tribes taking control of our water
in this area.' Roy has made the
undisputed claim that the Karuk
Tribe used the Shasta's Treaty "R"
to gain its federal recognition. 'They
are dealing with an illegal
tribe.' " |
Karuk slam dam deal,
Pioneer Press, posted 12/11/08.
"He wrote that his opposition
to dam removal prompted threats on
his life - one of the reasons he
no longer lives along the River.
The petitioners contacted by the
Pioneer Press asked not to be
identified in this article,
fearing retribution. ...Environmental
activist and Karuk spokesman Craig
Tucker said, '...if these people are not behind it now,' Tucker said,
'then they shouldn't get the
benefits when the dams start
coming down.' "
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Thompson still top contender to
head Interior, Times-Standard
12/10/08. "The Karuk Tribe
announced its support of Thompson..." |
The
Klamath Restoration Agreement
supports planting
fish parasites, Klamath Lamprey,
in Upper Klamath Basin. Klamath
Riverkeeper and dam removal
activist and Karuk spokesman
Craig Tucker, is offended by
the fact that KBC News said
lamprey are fish parasites: "Will
you guys please stop referring
to lamprey as fish parasites?
Native people (and sushi lovers
around the world) love lamprey.
They are part of God’s creation
too! Thanks,
S. Craig Tucker, Ph.D.,
Klamath Campaign Coordinator,
Karuk Tribe". Posted 11/16/08 |
In Ore., (Klamath) tribes' members eye
Supreme Court case, The Oregonian, posted
to KBC 11/5/08. "Jeff Mitchell, a council
member of the Klamath Tribes, said he believes
the Narragansett case could bear some
significance in Oregon. His tribe regained its
federal recognition status in 1986...We want
to put more land back into trust now,"
he said." |
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Tribes
sign option to buy Mazama Tree Farm,
H&N 8/29/08
Tribes’ biomass project would use
cutting-edge technology, H&N 8/29/09 |
net2.jpg) Yurok
Tribe netting salmon - To KBC from
Sherrie: "Recently
my husband and I were at the coast
visiting. We decided to go check out the
Klamath River where is meets the ocean.
We were shocked when we arrived.
Hundreds of people from the Yurok tribe
fishing with nets. The nets spanned
pretty much across the whole width of
the river as far as I could see up the
river. How are the Salmon supposed to
get passed the Yurok tribe to get to
Klamath in the first place?"
Sherrie.
HERE for photos |
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OTHER
PLACES -
Proposal pits tribe against farmers
Raising of Shasta Dam would flood sacred
spots, H&N, posted to KBC
9/29/08 |
Green Diamond timberland deal would
greatly expand Yurok tribe's holdings,
Times Standard 9/26/08. "The
Yurok Tribe has entered into an
agreement that will buy up 47,000 acres
in Klamath country from the Green
Diamond Resource Co., a move which would
vastly expand its land base and probably
its reservation in the future....
a selling price would remain
confidential...The
tribe would pay taxes on the land until
it is transferred into tribal trust
status...The
tribe would manage the (Redwood)
timberland...the
tribe and Western Rivers are pursuing
private and foundation funds to pay the
price of the land, and only after that
effort is exhausted would it seek state
and federal money." |
Klamath River fishing is fit for a king,
Press Banner, posted to KBC 9/26/08.
"Inside the river’s lagoon, the Yurok
Tribe sets gill nets to capture salmon
for the commercial market and
subsistence use. If salmon make their
way through the maze of gill nets, they
begin the journey upriver...the majority
of adult salmon being caught in the nets
brought on low scores." |
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Indian nets hamper Salmon,
Pioneer Press, posted September 25,
2008.
Calif. tribe fears losing land if
(Shasta) dam is raised, Capital
Press, posted 9/25/08
YUROK TRIBE - proposed marine sanctuary
stretches from Crescent City to Little
River, Times-Standard, posted to KBC
9/24/08 |
(Klamath Tribes') Energy plant to cost
up to $12 million, H&N 9/11/08. (KBC
note: Klamath Tribes support Klamath
hydroelectric dam removal which provides
power to 70,000 households. They are a
sovereign nation; this power plant, and
forest land they sold and hope to be
given, will provide tax-exempt timber
for their energy plant and logging. They
have previously advocated for no timber
harvest on forest land.) |
A village revived Edison Chiloquin’s
birthday to be celebrated Sunday at
Pla-ik-ni Village,
followed by:
Edison Chiloquin: ‘Conscience of the
Klamaths’, H&N, posted to KBC 9/11/08. (KBC
NOTE: Klamath Tribal government claims
that the US Government forced them to
terminate their reservation. So,
as part of the KBRA, Klamath Basin
Restoration Agreement,
they are demanding the be given the former reservation that
they voted to sell, and sold.
Edison Chiloquin chose not to sell.) |
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(Klamath) Tribes acquire former mill site,
Biomass facility planned north of
Chiloquin,
H&N, posted to KBC 9/2/08. "(KBC NOTE: If the Klamath Dams are ripped out, the 70,000 households
dependant on the dams' hydropower will be partially dependant on the
Klamath Tribes' biofuel.) |
Fishing line, Sacramento Bee
8/21/08. "Trinity/Klamath rivers
KLAMATH RIVER, Klamath Glen--According
to Rivers West Outfitters, there are so
many Indian gill nets killing salmon and
blocking the river that a boat can't
negotiate down to the mouth. There
weren't so many on Sunday near the shop,
good news, but the Indians had only
moved them farther upriver, bad news. |
The Great Lie, Pioneer Press, letter
by Rick Crocker, Happy Camp, 082008 "I have
been to the mouth of the Klamath...There are hundreds of nets and then
travel up river to the so-called
reservoir and they have 100 yard long
nets.." |
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Yurok Reservation and Klamath River to
be Cleaned Up, The Eureka Reporter
8/21/08. "...$800,000 in grants
Wednesday for the cleanup and removal of
illegal waste dumped at sites inside the
Yurok Reservation and along the Klamath
River...During high river flows, the debris can be carried to the
Pacific Ocean..."
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Firefighting rejected in sacred areas,
Washington Times, 8/17/08 |
The Klamath Tribe and golf course owners
seek a windfall from a loophole,
Willamette Week 6/25/08. "The
Klamaths are relying on federal
legislation called the Klamath Indian
Tribe Restoration Act of 1986 to argue
that they can take the Willamette Valley
land “into trust” or make it part of
their reservation about 200 miles from
their Klamath County home..." |
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Tribes to lobby in
Omaha, H&N, 4/24/08
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Toxins found in Klamath fish,
Study commissioned by (Karuk) tribe on
river finds risk to public health,
H&N, posted to KBC 4/13/08. (KBC
NOTE: Craig
Tucker, Karuk spokesman, was previously
activist with 'Friends of the River', an
international dam removal group,
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Klamath River (Yurok)
Clean-up, Triplicate, posted 4/10/08. Past cleanups of
garbage have totaled 160
yards. |
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Yurok
Tribe annual Klamath River Clean-up
coming in April,
The Eureka Reporter, posted 3/25/08."
Last year’s clean-up removed 22 tons of
trash, which is a key habitat for
salmon, steelhead and sturgeon." |
3/9/08
Native
Springs all natural energized spring
water, |
New Web site networks info for off-reservation
Yuroks, 1/20/08 |
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Indian Tribalism in the United States,
by Calvin L. Hunt, M.D., Klamath Falls:
a review of
Elaine Willman's book Going to Pieces, The
Dismantling of the United States of America,
posted to KBC November 1, 2007. |
And You
Think The Indians Lost to the White Man, Ron Ewert, posted
8/29/07 |
Combating crime in Chiloquin,
Community works to improve reputation,
Herald and News, posted 8/17/07 |
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HERE
is a letter from a Karuk Tribal member to the Karuk Chairman
regarding Tribal government corruption in the proposed
takeover of Happy Camp Health Services, 8/16/07. |
Yurok
working toward legal system, Triplicate, posted 8/16/07.
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Never too old to learn -
Indians, by Jim
Beers, retired FWS, posted to KBC 5/14/07.
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