State v. Goodell

Defendant, a Chinook Indian, appeals his conviction of fishing in the Columbia River without a commercial fishing license (ORS 508.025,508.235). He argues: (1) The Treaty of Olympia (12 Stat 971), entered into in 1855 between the United States and the Quinault and Quileute tribes, reserves to the signatory tribes "the right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed grounds and stations * * * in common with all citizens of the Territory”; (2) although not a signatory of the Treaty of Olympia, the Chinook tribe is affiliated with the Quinault tribe for purposes of the treaty; and (3) members…