I Would Suspect That They Will Find Indians Are At The Bottom Of This As They Are Only Ones Who Can Use A Gilnet !

[deathwind1]

Dead lamprey and steelhead found at Celilo Park




YouNewsTV

 

[Keely in Ks]

I come in and read, wish I had more time to post, and even use my metal detector... but I babysit my 16 month old grandaughter and have a new grandson who is 3 months old.

I am an enrolled member of the Shawnee tribe, my grandfathers side is Loyal Shawnee, my grandmother was Absentee Shawnee. Though I am not of the NW tribes, you seemed to have used a wide paint brush in accusing "Indians"... I am not the only Indian here, and yes, I am insulted by your comment.

Indian people are VERY concerned with any threatend species. And though non Indian people have been given the credit for saving the buffalo, there are many tribes who were raising buffalo in order that they did not go the way of the do-do bird.

I can only wonder, if this person(s) who did this horrible thing are caught, and they are NOT Indian, will you publically give an apology?

I am going to "borrow" your post, as is, without the information of who posted it, or where it was posted, (no need in sending the war party here) and give you their comments here in this forum as to how they feel.

 

[Elson(La)]

n/t

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

n/t

 

[Ed SW Fla]

Here in SW Fla gill nets were banned several years ago because the mullet fishermen had about decimated the population. Almost every month or so we read where a mullet fisherman was caught at night illegally gill netting.

 

[deathwind1]

But From Living Here And Knowing The Lay Of The Columbia---Every Game Warden Could See The Area Where It Was Done--- As It Is Just A Short Distance From I-84---Yes It Could Have Not Been Indian---It Could Have Been White---But I Am Going By The Odds---The Only Ones That Are Allowed To Net There Is Indians---So If Any One Sees Nets There, It Should Only Be Indians Netting---It Would Be Very Noticeable To Any One On The Freeway With A Pair Of Binoculars They Could Tell If They Were White---Even At Nite It Is Pretty Well Lit By Moonlight I Think I Would Be Able To Tell---As I Just Said I Am Going By Odds On Who Did It---The Indians Would Be The MOST Likely To See Whoever Was Doing The Netting; And Be Able Tell It If They Were White Group Netting; But If They If They Were Just A Nother Group Of The Tribe They Would Not Pay Much Attention---You Bet If They Saw A White Group Netting Out There Where Only Indians Had The Right To Net They Would Have Been Complaining To The Police----If They Find Them And I Am Wrong I Will Say So---I Cannot Change What I Said---I Am Wondering If I Had Said It Could Be White Fisherman With A Fish pole Did It It Would Be Most Unlikely They Could Have Caught 30 Or So Fish---But They Were Netted And That Takes Time To Put Out Then They Have To Leave Them Out For 7-8 Hrs. To Do Any Good;Then They Have To Pull The Net In And Untangle The Fish From The Net And Takes More Time---The Nites Are Pretty Short Now So They Would Have Not Have Very Much Time----Oh By The Way They Don't Just Throw The Nets Out And Pull Them They Leave Them For A Length Of Time To Work Right--Thats Why They Are Called Set Nets---This River Has A Dam Right Above The Falls (They Were Covered Up When The Dam Was Built) So It Is Like A Lake With Current---I Do Hope They Find Whoever Did Be It White Or Indian; Because We No Longer Have Enough Fish To Go Around---NO Longer Does Any Body Use Fish Wheels And Scoop Fish Out Like They Were In A Barrel----Who Took Away All The Fish So There Is Very Very Fish To Catch Or Net--------I Don't Think Any One Can Argue Who Did It----It Was Us WHITE PEOPLE---Like Many Other Things We Did The Same Thing With---Buffalo---Carrier Pigeon----Ducks---Geese---%90 Of The Rabbits Here Are Gone Because Of Us Building---I Could Name More Game We Did Get Rid Of, Or Came Darn Close To It; The Thing I Hope Is They Are Caught No Matter Who Did It !

 

[Keely in Ks]

Well, here are two different persons comment in reply to the situation and your title of the post:

"It's disgusting that people would wantonly waste that many eels and fish There was an article and pictures in yesterday's Oregonian.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/police_asking_for_help_solving.html"

"My question is why do they instantly assume that it would be native people doing this, to my knowledge and from what I have seen in my travels, indian people do not waste those animals they take for food. On the other hand I have been a hunting guide and have seen first hand how non indians would shoot an animal and then not want it because the horns weren't big enough or they haul these animals in the backs of their trucks and show off the animal most times with the head still attached until the meat spoils and it ends up in the trash dump, seen hunters coming through with the ead animals in their trucks with the hair still on and it being hot temperature wise and they come from colorado going back to california, saw california hunters shoot does and fawns just for the sport of shooting them, now this. Still, makes me think that this wasn't indians that did this."

Bottom line is, people are people, no matter their skin color, all people of all colors have done wrong and will continue to do wrong, but what is worse, is to automatically make an accusation of a whole race of people...

Indians were given rights to fish by our treaties we have with the government, however, our Elders teach us respect for all living things... I am saddend that this has happend to the fish... it is wrong for anyone to kill like this... regardless if they are brown, red, black, white, purple.....