Northwest Salmon and Steelhead: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ... August 17, 18, and September 4, 1979

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Página 240 - No trace is to be found in the Constitution of an intention to create a dependence of the government of the Union on those of the States, for the execution of the great powers assigned to it. Its means are adequate to its ends; and on those means alone was it expected to rely for the accomplishment of its ends.
Página 240 - If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this — that the government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action.
Página 172 - The right of taking fish, at all usual and accustomed grounds and stations, is further secured to said Indians in common with all citizens of the Territory...
Página 35 - To the extent practicable, an individual stock of fish shall be managed as a unit throughout its range, and interrelated stocks of fish shall be managed as a unit or in close coordination.
Página 172 - The right of taking fish at usual and accustomed grounds and stations is further secured to said Indians in common with all citizens of the Territory, and of erecting temporary houses for the purpose of curing, together with the privilege of hunting and gathering roots and berries on open and unclaimed lands. Provided, however, That they shall not take shell-fish from any beds staked or cultivated by citizens.
Página 211 - Canada for the protection, preservation, and extension of the sockeye salmon fishery of the Fraser River system.
Página 173 - The enabling act declares that the state of Wyoming is admitted on equal terms with the other states, and this declaration, which is simply an expression of the general rule, which presupposes that states, when admitted into the Union, are endowed with powers and attributes equal in scope to those enjoyed by the states already admitted, repels any presumption that in this particular case Congress intended to admit the state of Wyoming with diminished governmental authority.
Página 136 - It is perfectly clear, however, that the Indians were vitally interested in protecting their right to take fish at usual and accustomed places, whether on or off the reservations...
Página 239 - Referring to the negotiations with the Yakima Nation, by far the largest of the Indian tribes, the District Court found: "At the treaty council the United States negotiators promised, and the Indians understood, that the Yakimas would forever be able to continue the same off-reservation food gathering and fishing practices as to time, place, method, species and extent as they had or were exercising. The Yakimas relied on these promises and they formed » material and basic part of the treaty and...
Página 211 - Cooper would like to ask I will be glad to answer them to the best of my ability. Senator CLARK.

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