Upper Skagit, 2006-2007

File — Box: 376

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Scope and Contents

In 2006, Hart was asked by the Upper Skagit Tribe to research a question related to the Boldt Decision, which used the phrase "the marine waters of Puget Sound." He was asked to determine if that phrase was meant to include Skagit Bay and Saratoga Passage, locations used for fishing by the Upper Skagit. The Suquamish had claimed that the above passage entitled them to fish in Upper Skagit waters. Hart was asked to look at the issue from an historical point of view, and submitted a historical declaration largely pointing out that the term Puget Sound originally and for most of modern history referred only to the area below Tacoma. The judge ruled in favor of the Upper Skagit, although mostly on other grounds.

Dates

2006-2007

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