The Boldt Decision was a landmark legal ruling handed down in 1974 by a federal judge named George Boldt.
At its most basic level, the decision restored fishing rights to tribes in Washington based on treaties signed in the 1850s, though it also clarified tribal sovereignty in the Evergreen State, and affected the rights of Indigenous people in communities around the world. Nearly 50 years later, it still resonates with many who were affected directly and indirectly.
Sometimes lost in the history of the Boldt Decision is the story of Judge Boldt himself. But a recent donation of artifacts by the Boldt family to a tribe
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