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Treaty Series: Treaty of Medicine Creek & Fishing Rights

Even though treaties exist for Native American tribes, they are not always upheld. In the Treaty of Medicine Creek, Northwest tribes were given fishing rights along the waterways, but now there are almost no healthy fish left for them because of coal shipping operations.

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