Native American Fish and Wildlife Society
The Native American Fish & Wildlife Society is a national Native American non-profit organization that serves as an informative communication network between tribal, federal, and state fish and wildlife management entities. NAFWS has worked hard to reach 227 tribes in 7 regions and support them in better management of over 56 million acres.
Tribal Salmon Culture - CRITFC
Salmon play an integral part of tribal religion, culture, and physical sustenance. Below is a short list of the many ways in which salmon are sacred to the Columbia River Basin tribes of the Pacific Northwest: Salmon are part of our spiritual and cultural identity.
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) | Serving the …
2024年12月10日 · NWIFC provides direct services to the treaty tribes of Western Washington to assist them in their natural resource management efforts. Offices are located in Olympia, Mt Vernon and Forks.
Questions and Answers on tribal salmon fisheries
Tribes protect returning runs of weak wild stocks by operating their fisheries with significant restrictions on time and place, while allowing harvest opportunities on healthy stocks. The tribes and state each get a 50 percent share of the harvestable number of salmon available.
GLIFWC
The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission is commonly known by its acronym, GLIFWC. Formed in 1984, GLIFWC represents eleven Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan who reserved hunting, fishing and gathering rights in the 1836, 1837, 1842, and 1854 Treaties with the United States government.
Tribes & Culture - CRITFC
CRITFC provides the tribes and the region with biological research, fisheries management, hydrology, climate change analysis, and other science to support the protection and restoration of Columbia Basin salmon, lamprey, and sturgeon.
Native American Fish Mythology - Native Languages of the …
Tribes with Fish Clans include the Ojibwe (whose Fish Clan is called Giigoonh), the Creek (whose Fish Clan is named Hlahloalgi,) the Chickasaw, and the Ho-Chunk. There are clans in many other tribes named after specific types of fish, and fish crests such as salmon, dogfish, and halibut are often carved on totem poles.
Who We Are - CRITFC
6 天之前 · CRITFC provides services directly to fishers from its member tribes including the operation and maintenance of 31 fishing access sites along the Columbia River. Salmon are one of the most important aspects of the cultures of the …
Shellfish - Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Ceremonial and subsistence harvests of shellfish, which have a central role in tribal gatherings and daily nutrition, are intended for tribal use only. As with salmon, the right to harvest shellfish lies within a series of treaties signed with representatives of the federal government in the 1850s.
Foundations of Tribal Fish and Wildlife Management
1997年6月5日 · American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages hold both the right and authority to manage fish and wildlife on Tribal land. These rights are upheld by treaties, the United States’ nation-to-nation relationships with Tribes, and the unique trust relationship between the United States and Tribes.