Title: Protect Tribal Natural Resources - Native American Rights Fund : Native American Rights Fund
Headings: Protect Tribal Natural Resources
Protect Tribal Natural Resources
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Content: Nez Perce Tribe Water Rights
Kickapoo Water Rights
Tule River Tribe: California
Research Guide: Water Rights and Indian Lands (National Indian Law Library website)
In Honor of World Water Day (March 22)
Oregon Court Affirms Klamath Tribes’ Water Rights
Supreme Court Will Not Review Decision on Klamath Basin Tribes’ Senior Water Rights
Hunting and Fishing Rights
Historically, most tribes depended to some degree on hunting and fishing for subsistence, economic, and cultural purposes. Hunting and fishing remains vital to many tribes today. Tribal rights to hunt and fish are grounded in tribal sovereignty and affirmed in many treaties and agreements. As with water, the overall demand for animals and fish today exceeds the supply. Much of the depletion or scarcity can be attributed to ill-advised federal policies that allowed the misuse and destruction of habitat. This situation puts tribal hunting and fishing rights at great risk of being taken away or diminished. NARF has defended tribal hunting, fishing, and subsistence rights in a variety of cases. NARF was involved in the historic Pacific Northwest and western Great Lakes litigation that affirmed the off-reservation treaty fishing rights of dozens of tribes.