Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve v. Egan

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• purpose of § 1162(b) was “to preserve federally granted fishing rights,” not to grant new rights or to preserve fishing-related rights of a nonfederal origin
• “Long before the white man came to Alaska, the annual migrations of salmon from the sea into Alaska’s rivers to spawn served as a food supply for the natives.” (emphasis added)
• “In 1918, without reference to the proclamation, this Court upheld the right of the Metlakatlans to exclude others from the waters surrounding their islands on the ground that these waters were included within the original reservation by Congress.”
• “In 1918, without reference to the proclamation, this Court upheld the right of the Metlakatlans to exclude others from the waters surrounding their islands on the ground that these waters were included within the original reservation by Congress.”

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