The yakimas want to generate power? Will someone please tell me exactly how generating power coincides with traditional tribal practices? Oh I get it. It must be along the same line as how selling fireworks is part of tribal heritage. If the Tribes want to net the fish and to be able to hunt year around, and to go Whaling, and all of that other horse$hit, then fine! However, if they want to play up the whole "Native American Heritage" thing as a way to be able to accomplish their goals, then they should have to stick to the "Tribal" way of life. Make them live in a long house.... No more Government housing. Make them use Salmon and Shellfish, and picking berries as their sole means of subsistance. No more Casinos, no more fireworks sells, no more commerce with the Japanese egg buyers, and for God's sake no power generation facilities.... In fact, if they really want to get back to the Tribal way of life..... No modern comforts at all! The tribes are all to willing to accept the good things that came from the Europeans settling North America, and they are more than willing to play up the fact that they are Native American as a way to get more than what they deserve. What they don't understand is compromise. Maybe the Native Americans af yesteryear, but not the Native Americans of today. They are a captive people who are no longer capable of self sufficiency, ie, they can no longer make it on the Traditional Tribal ways. They are no longer a "true" Tribal Society, and as such, the treaties should be re-written accordingly.