Folks, I read this thread and it sounds like jealousy. Do the Indians have "special rights"? Yes, they do - they are called treaty rights. For better or for worse, the courts have consistently ruled that treaty rights are the most powerful rights of all, even more powerful than birth rights. I don't know whether the government intended to honor the treaties when they signed, but sign they did. Because those papers survived, the Indians of today have those special treaty rights. We all know what that means in regards to fishing and hunting. It also gives them the opportunity to put Casinos on tribal land. The Puyallups' payment is from the Emerald Queen. They made the money, it is there's to do with what they will. I may not like it, but I've got to suck it up. My forefathers signed a treaty and I am required to uphold it. Kind of makes you wonder - don't it? We may want to enter into agreements with Tribes to buy back fishing rights, etc. We need to think long and hard about this bearing in mind the law of unintended consequences. Remember, in our society, treaty rights reign supreme.