It really has been the courts legislating from the bench that have really broadened what I read as the intent of the treaties. Kind of like interpretting the bible. The tribes in Alaska have demanded and gotten increasingly larger shares of the Bering Sea King crab.Usual and accustomed? I don't think so. Scuba dive for Geoduck.Usual and accustomed? NO WAY. The same courts that rule on sodomy and gay marriage can decide what usual and accustomed and "in kind" mean in the 21st century. Personally I think it all meant that the indians could assimilate into society and do what all the rest of us do "in kind". But what the heck do I know? I'm not a crazy old fart judge with Alzheimers....yet
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