February 12

U.S. v. Washington, the Boldt Decision

Treaties with Tribes in Washington State explicitly reserved the right for Native peoples to fish 'at usual and accustomed' places in the 1850's. This wording is included in
Treaty of Point No Point…

First edition of the Cherokee Phoenix printed

ᏍᏏᏉᏯ or Sequoyah was a Cherokee polymath born around 1770 who developed the Cherokee syllabary. Cherokee Nation officially adopted the syllabary in 1825 and by 1830 had a ~90% literacy rate, surpassi…