Native Hunting and Fishing: Practicing Traditions and Defending Treaty Rights nations and photos

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This collection is bookended with reflections from the scholars' thesis supervisors

Native Hunting and Fishing: Practicing Traditions and Defending Treaty Rights nations and photosIndigenous Nations historically provided for their families and their communities by hunting, fishing, farming, and gathering. In the 19th century, the US government often forced Native Americans to sign treaties that ceded lands while protecting Indigenous rights to hunt and fish on those lands. But the United States government has not always upheld these treaties. Find out how Native nations continue to defend and exercise their rights today.