look as the Endangered Species act as an example, the tribes are not exempt from that, regardless of the treaty. I probably worded that in a way that was confusing. An act of congress does not force them to edit the treaty, but an act passed by congress does have an effect. Even the US supreme court specifies that in the US vs Fishing vessel decison in 1979 (appeal of Boldt).

Also, I must add something here because someone could read into this info the wrong way. I am not looking to use this info to find a way to overturn Boldt or destroy the treaty, but the federal courts have put us in a bind by somewhat locking us into a management philosophy that does not work. This can be changed, but we need to have enough people aligned to make the politicians have a healthy respect for our votes.

[This message has been edited by thinker (edited 03-26-2001).]