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‘The river was stolen from us’: a tribe s battle to retake the Skagit River Lester Black
Scott Schuyler doesn’t need to see the Skagit River to know something is wrong. As he walks down the river’s steep embankment, wet rock and moss under each step, he can hear the problem. “The river should be singing to us right now, it should be free flowing,” Schuyler says as cold February rain drops silently disappear into his quilted blue jacket. The riverbed below him, once home to one of Washington’s greatest rivers, sits eerily quiet and nearly empty of water, even in the middle of the state’s famously wet winters.
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Scott Schuyler doesnât need to see the Skagit River to know something is wrong. As he walks down the riverâs steep embankment, wet rock and moss under each step, he can hear the problem. âThe river should be singing to us right now, it should be free flowing,â Schuyler says as cold February rain drops silently disappear into his quilted blue jacket. The riverbed below him, once home to one of Washingtonâs greatest rivers, sits eerily quiet and nearly empty of water, even in the middle of the stateâs famously wet winters.
Saturday, February 27, 2021
In
Olson v. United States, 2021 WL 137911 (Fed. Cl. 2021), lessees of trust land on the Yakama Reservation, sued the United States in the Court of Federal Claims under the
Tucker Act, contending that the Wapato Irrigation Project (WIP), which provided irrigation water to customers within the reservation, had violated its implicit agreement to provide water for their crops. The Court dismissed on the grounds that the United States, though acting as trustee for the trust beneficiaries, was not a party to the leases: “Each of these documents states that the lease or permit is a contract entered into ‘by and between the Indian or Indians named below (the Secretary of the Interior acting for and on behalf of the Indians) hereinafter called the ‘landlord,’ and an individual tenant. … Long-standing precedent from the Supreme Court, along with more recent binding precedent from the Federal Circuit, makes clear that the exercise of such
Seattle’s Skagit River dams hurt salmon, orcas and Native American culture, agencies say
A new KING 5 investigation Skagit, River of Light and Loss reveals cost-effective electricity generated for the city of Seattle comes at a price. Author: Susannah Frame Updated: 12:54 PM PST February 20, 2021
Residents of Seattle enjoy some of the most affordable electricity in the country, but the city-owned utility that generates that power is accused of harnessing cost-effective electricity on the backs of Puget Sound salmon, killer whales and the way of life for Native American tribes in the Skagit Valley, a KING 5 investigation found.
“The [city of Seattle has] taken a lot from this tribe for the last 100 years, and the tribe is not going to take it anymore, said Scott Schuyler, natural resources director of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, based in Sedro-Woolley. The status quo is not working, and we will not allow it to continue.