There is another factor playing out in the Skokomish issue. I am told that within the Tribe, a good many members, including their Council head, actually are open to negotiation and possible restoration of NT Recs fishing the river bank.

However, there is constant leverage being brought to bare from other tribes with respective rivers flowing through their reservation land. They feel the Skokomish situation could be a gateway factor toward an eventual parity in their case...and they are adamant the Skokomish hold their ground.

Seems farfetched--but the Tribes are not harmonious, in many regards. That particular fact pops up from time to time.