▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁protest s , ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁federal , ▁state , ▁and ▁trib al ▁bi olog ists ▁formed ▁the ▁J oint ▁Ass ess ment ▁Ste ering ▁Committee ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁to ▁analyze ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁sport f ishing ▁and ▁spe arf ishing ▁on ▁wal ley e ▁populations . ▁More ▁than ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁of ▁research ▁by ▁the ▁panel ▁of ▁fish eries ▁bi olog ists ▁has ▁shown ▁that ▁the ▁wal ley e ▁resource ▁is ▁not ▁har med ▁by ▁spring ▁spe aring , ▁not ing ▁that ▁only ▁ 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁trib al ▁har vest ▁is ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁females . ▁ ▁Represent ation ▁in ▁other ▁media ▁The ▁treat y ▁rights ▁fish ing ▁batt les ▁captured ▁national ▁attention ▁from ▁media , ▁including ▁the ▁political ▁magazine ▁Mother ▁Jones . ▁The ▁events , ▁issues , ▁and ▁people ▁were ▁expl ored ▁in ▁Light ing ▁the ▁Se vent h ▁Fire ▁( 1 9 9 5 ), ▁a ▁document ary ▁film ▁made ▁by ▁Sand ra ▁Os awa ▁( M ak ah ) ▁and ▁broadcast ▁nation ally ▁on ▁P BS ▁on ▁July ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁The ▁title ▁refers ▁to ▁an ▁O j ib we ▁prop he cy ▁about ▁the ▁sevent h ▁fire , ▁when ▁the ▁people ' s ▁trad itions ▁will ▁be ▁rev ived ▁after ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁trial . ▁ ▁Two ▁books ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁written ▁about ▁the ▁events . ▁The ▁bands ' ▁legal ▁challeng es ▁are ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁renew