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Promised
in the 1855 Treaty
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Promised
in the Ratified 1894 Agreement
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Today,
the Wenatchi Tribe asks…
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Providing
the tribe with a 36 square mile reservation (22,000
acres) surrounding the Wenatchapam fishery located at
the confluence of the Wenatchee River and Icicle Creek.
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Allotments
of land promised to the 180 tribal members (as of 1894)
of 80-160 acres per tribal member -- a total of 14,000
- 28,000 acres in the Wenatchapam fisheries area where
they lived.
This allotment was offered in lieu of the 36 square
mile reservation promised the Tribe in the 1855 Treaty.
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…for
a land base in their aboriginal homeland.
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Honoring
the Wenatchi Tribe's hunting and gathering rights in
their traditional territory.
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A promise
that the tribe would not lose any of the rights guaranteed
the Tribe in the 1855 Treaty.
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…that
the United States recognize the tribe's hunting and
gathering rights.
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Honoring
the tribe's fishing rights on Icicle Creek in the Wenatchapam
fishery, and at "usual and accustomed places".
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A continuation
of the Tribe's fishing rights in the Wenatchapam, which
were promised in the 1855 treaty.
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…that
the United States recognize the tribe's right to fish
in the Wenatchapam fisheries area per the 1855 Treaty
and the 1894 Agreement.
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