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Enduring Legacies: Native Case Studies
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American Indian tribes in the Pacific Northwest signed treaties with the federal government in the 1850’s that preserved their right to fish in their “usual and accustomed” fishing grounds. The tribes have had to continually fight to have this right recognized. U.S. v. Washington, 1974, the Boldt decision, upheld this fishing right and ruled that the tribes were entitled to 50% of the harvestable…
The land back movement is a recent decentralized international effort on the part of Indigenous people to reestablish indigenous sovereignty and expand their land base often by regaining Tribal authority over ancestral territories tribes claim by treaty. This movement emerged and continues among Indigenous people in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico and the United States. In the United…
This case describes the history of one of the unique enterprises in Indian Country—The Heronswood Garden, a famous botanical garden that now has a strong cultural orientation to the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe in Washington State.
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The Enduring Legacies Native Cases Initiative develops culturally relevant curriculum and teaching resources in the form of case studies on key issues in Indian Country.
Culturally relevant curriculum is a key factor in student success and essential to prepare students for leadership roles. Key topics of our cases have been identified by Native leaders. Our partners in developing and using these cases are Northwest Indian College, Salish Kootenai College, and Grays Harbor College.