Right on! That is the largest point here! But many will just beleive their own BS and say "you guys are just prejudice"....... I guided for 6 years in Eastern Oregon/Washington and was always amazed how people from the midwest and east viewed the whole indian thing...... Things are a lot different back on those reservations..... Third world country would better describe most of their reservations. They could not believe how many salmon/steelhead would be taken by a few people (tribe members), then when they asked me if we could catch "one of those big d\salmon" I would have to tell them that we were not allowed to fish for them "because there are too few of them". They would shake their heads and say "I had no idea this went on".. So many do not realize just that.
I spent many days watching the tribes net the hell out of salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon when the "Sport" fishery was closed due to low stocks.... They tried to close the tribal fishery, but the tribes would say "No way" and put in the nets.. Then, the whimpy GOv't would say "okay" and that would be that. Now what would happen to us if we decided we were going to crab 8.2 into Sept, even though they say they need to close it in Mid-August? We would go to jail, perod... Plus loose our "Priviledge".
On the reservation, as CFM said, they should be allowed to set their own rules. Off res, they follow the same rules (to qoute THEIR treaty) "in kind with the citizens of the territory"..... Las time I checked, "in kind" meant "the same"... Aunty states that the guides (and all tribal fishers) are supposed to record their catch and report it... This is true, but believe me, when they know it is the tribes doing the enforcing, they have no fear. If the state did the enforcing and punished the same as they would anyone else, there would be very few cases like the ones you read about. Do a search... Look up David SoHappy and read about the years of abuse to the rules his family practiced. Everytime he went to court, he would wave the treaty and get off, even when the tribes themselves were angry with him..... Oh well, just adding more to this already too-long thread..

MC

"Equal Rights are not Special Rights"