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“We kept our word when we signed the treaties that ceded almost all of the land that is in western Washington,” said Billy Frank Jr. “We expect the United States to keep its word, too.”
-From “Understanding Tribal Treaty Rights in Western Washington, NWIFC
Each week, DCYF ESIT Tribal Support Specialist Brian Frisina provides a key topic to help us get to know our Tribal Nations partners better.
This week’s topic is:
Boldt Decision: United States v. State of Washington
Though important legal cases are not usually known by the name of the judge who decides them, this one is. "The Boldt Decision," as it is commonly referred to, was one of the biggest court decisions issued during the twentieth century involving Native rights. While the decision itself dealt with tribal fishing rights, its affirmation of tribal sovereignty was more far-reaching and represented a huge (and unexpected) victory for Native Americans.
Boldt Decision Memoir
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission chairman Billy Frank Jr. sits down with UW Professor Richard Whitney to reminisce about their involvement with tribal treaty rights and the Boldt decision in the 1970s and 1980s.
Watch the conversation between Billy Frank Jr. and UW Professor Richard Whitney (watch time 20:03):
Boldt 40
The treaty tribes in western Washington came together on February 5, 2014 to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Boldt Decision. Boldt 40 was held at the Squaxin Island Tribe’s event center in Kamilche.
Watch full presentations from the 2014 Boldt 40 event:
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Indian people have always relied on the natural resources of this land. Their personal, cultural and spiritual survival depended on the ability to fish, hunt and gather the bountiful natural resources that once blessed this country.
But the arrival of Europeans and the creation of the United States changed their lives forever. Most of the land and resources that tribes thought were theirs forever were slowly but surely lost over the centuries that followed.
Understanding Tribal Treaty Rights in Western Washington:
Sources
understanding-treaty-rights-final.pdf. Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. © 2016.
Boldt Decision: United States v. State of Washington - HistoryLink.org. This essay is licensed under a Creative Commons license that encourages reproduction with attribution to HistoryLink.org and author, Phil Dougherty, posted August 24, 2020, HistoryLink.org Essay 21084.
VIDEO: Boldt Decision Memoir: Billy Frank Jr. and UW Professor Richard Whitney. Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. © 2016.
Videos in "Boldt 40" on Vimeo. “Boldt 40” uploaded by NW Treaty Tribes, 2014. © 2022 Vimeo.com.
Treaties | Northwest Treaty Tribes. Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. Puget Sound Partnership.
Archived Communication from the ESIT COVID-19 webpage
The DCYF ESIT COVID-19 webpage contains several useful resources and announcements for providers, dating back to March of 2020. However, as the pandemic has evolved, some of this guidance has become outdated. Archived guidance will be available to view on the Archived COVID-19 Communications link on the webpage.
In the next few weeks, the following guidance will be removed and replaced with new guidance titled Remote and In-Person Service Delivery: Documenting Methods, Settings and Natural Environments:
In the next few weeks, the following guidance will be removed and replaced with two new pieces of guidance titled ESIT Multi-Stage Framework for Reentry to In-Person Services and ESIT Multi-Stage Reentry Plan Checklist:
Please check with your regional technical assistance specialist if you have questions about these or any other pieces of ESIT guidance.
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This week, HCA released the Washington State Confidentiality Toolkit for Providers, a resource for health care providers required to be compliant with HIPAA and other state laws (RCW 70.02 in particular). To learn more about the toolkit:
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This 2022 series is called “Going Virtual.” Webinars in this series will discusses equitable, culturally sustaining early intervention (EI) and early childhood (EC) care and education strategies and their application in a virtual, or telehealth, environment. These webinars address family coaching practices, aspects of the transition process in various contexts, and common challenges often experienced by families and practitioners in virtual settings.
Presented by the Military Families Learning Network
Sept. 14 | Nov. 16 | 8 – 9:30 a.m.
Webinar Series Flyer
Find registration information for one or more sessions:
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Please join us for a free virtual home visitor training series with presenters from a wonderful team of experienced and wise home visitors and Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) staff!
The first training in this series is Domestic Violence (DV) Assessment and Response, followed by Safety Planning with Families:
DV Assessment and Response
October 20 – 21|10 – 11:30 a.m.| Register here
Safety Planning with Families
September 15|9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.| Register here
November 9|9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.| Register here
Break from 12 – 1 p.m.
Questions? Contact Leigh Hofheimer at leigh@wscadv.org or call 206-389-2515 x202.
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