08-25-2007, 06:54 AM
Breaking the law.
There in lays the key words.
Using law to make Indians bend to the will of commercial endeavors is and always has been a cheesy maneuver. The Indians know something is wrong even if they cant put their finger on it. Don’t blame them for pointing their finger at anglers, they don’t know any better, they are not educated or informed as to what is going on with their resource.
Nor should you point your fingers at the Indians and solely blame them for protesting a law that unfairly limits their income. They have families to feed too….
Ya might find this hard to believe, there still exist treaties made by governments and Indian tribes.
Tho’ some one may pass a law, it still may not apply to a particular tribe because of treaties made with the government. This may be the case even if it is the same government that makes the law...
So what may seem as a protest, may be an actual exorcize of a right in accordance with a treaty...
Indians do not want to see their resource dwindled to nothing either. It’s not to their best interest. What may need be done in addition to getting the tribesmen or women included with studies, the government needs to include them in the law making decisions, including those decisions at the ocean front where the river dumps out restricting catch limits, set limits to how close fish traps may be set to the river mouth, set seasons as well,
This will upset big business, but lets face it, if big business dose not comply, the end result will be no fish left for any one....
We have proven that we do not indeed have an unlimited supply of resources this includes fish.
It is imperative that every one gets on the same page.
Pointing the finger and heating up tempers with what some one perceives as to what is right and what is wrong will not help the situation from any ones point of view, it will only serve to delay what must be done inevitably. Any one throwing in opinions and feelings and offering comments as to who is doing what is delaying a much needed program that if not implemented soon will with out a doubt lead to a loose-loose-loose-loose-loose situation that may not be reversible..
If a program of this nature is not implemented every one will loose, anglers, commercial fishermen, Indian tribes, government tax base and the fish as a native species of the river…. Every one needs to get on this boat of conservation, You cant expect any one to take the word of any one else, not in this day in time when we have found that words are not always worth the paper they are written on… Ya better hurry, time is running out and there is no room for errors…
I hope this sheds some light on a sencitive subject, and I hope you will include it in your blog for others to see, I give you my permition to use this as long as you give the name of the auther, "Dave T. Clown"
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There in lays the key words.
Using law to make Indians bend to the will of commercial endeavors is and always has been a cheesy maneuver. The Indians know something is wrong even if they cant put their finger on it. Don’t blame them for pointing their finger at anglers, they don’t know any better, they are not educated or informed as to what is going on with their resource.
Nor should you point your fingers at the Indians and solely blame them for protesting a law that unfairly limits their income. They have families to feed too….
Ya might find this hard to believe, there still exist treaties made by governments and Indian tribes.
Tho’ some one may pass a law, it still may not apply to a particular tribe because of treaties made with the government. This may be the case even if it is the same government that makes the law...
So what may seem as a protest, may be an actual exorcize of a right in accordance with a treaty...
Indians do not want to see their resource dwindled to nothing either. It’s not to their best interest. What may need be done in addition to getting the tribesmen or women included with studies, the government needs to include them in the law making decisions, including those decisions at the ocean front where the river dumps out restricting catch limits, set limits to how close fish traps may be set to the river mouth, set seasons as well,
This will upset big business, but lets face it, if big business dose not comply, the end result will be no fish left for any one....
We have proven that we do not indeed have an unlimited supply of resources this includes fish.
It is imperative that every one gets on the same page.
Pointing the finger and heating up tempers with what some one perceives as to what is right and what is wrong will not help the situation from any ones point of view, it will only serve to delay what must be done inevitably. Any one throwing in opinions and feelings and offering comments as to who is doing what is delaying a much needed program that if not implemented soon will with out a doubt lead to a loose-loose-loose-loose-loose situation that may not be reversible..
If a program of this nature is not implemented every one will loose, anglers, commercial fishermen, Indian tribes, government tax base and the fish as a native species of the river…. Every one needs to get on this boat of conservation, You cant expect any one to take the word of any one else, not in this day in time when we have found that words are not always worth the paper they are written on… Ya better hurry, time is running out and there is no room for errors…
I hope this sheds some light on a sencitive subject, and I hope you will include it in your blog for others to see, I give you my permition to use this as long as you give the name of the auther, "Dave T. Clown"
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