Reading Room Document

Commercial Salmon Fishing Rights of Hoopa Valley Reservation Tribes

The document discusses the establishment of the Hoopa Valley Reservation and the tribal rights to fish for salmon. It outlines the history of the reservation and the reasons for its establishment, as well as the federal policy of encouraging Indian agriculture while promising that the Indians would not be dependent on game and fish for food. The document also mentions the 1891 Executive order, which guaranteed a tribal right to fish for subsistence purposes. However, there are no court decisions recognizing a tribal right to fish commercially for salmon on the reservation. The document presents questions about the existence of a tribal right to fish commercially for salmon on the reservation and the implications of the 1891 Executive order.

January 14, 1981