The 1855 treaty was one of many across the Northwest orchestrated in 1855 by I. I. Stevens, the first Washington territorial governor and the superintendent of Indian affairs.

But Emily Haley, senior managing attorney at Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, noted Lane did an extensive report on the Stillaguamish’s territory and fishing practices at the time tribal leaders ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - An 1855 treaty between the United States and the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho allows tribal members to hunt bison on public land near Yellowstone National Park, and that right ...

MISSION — The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will commemorate Treaty Day with a daylong celebration recognizing the historic 1855 agreement between the U.S. government ...

The second, much less discussed, component required the five signatories already in possession of nuclear weapons at the time the treaty was signed (the U.S., USSR, U.K., France, and China) to ...