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Fighting for the Puyallup Tribe

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"A relentless advocate for Native rights, Ramona Bennett Bill has been involved in the battles waged by the Puyallup and other Northwest tribes around fishing rights, land rights, health, and education for over six decades. This invaluable firsthand account includes stories of the takeover of Fort Lawton as well as events from major Red Power struggles, including Alcatraz, Wounded Knee, and the Trail of Broken Treaties. She shares her experiences at the Puyallup fishing camp established during the Fish War of the 1960s and 1970s, which led to the federal intervention that eventually resulted in the Boldt Decision. She also covers the 1976 occupation of a state-run facility on reservation land and the lobbying that led to the property's return to the tribe. Bennett Bill served for nearly a dozen years as a Puyallup Tribal Council member and ten years as chairwoman, organizing social welfare, education, and enrollment initiatives and championing Native religious freedom. Her advocacy for Native children, especially those who had been adopted out of their community, helped pave the way for the Indian Child Welfare Act. Now in her mid-eighties, she continues to organize for Native rights and environmental justice. The book is full of vivid stories of her fearless testimony in courtrooms and press conferences on issues affecting Indian Country, and of the many friends and comrades she made along the way"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Creator Put Us Here -- We Liked to Give, They Like to Take -- Treaty Times -- Culture Shock -- Mama Took Us on a New Path -- My Introduction to Indian Life in the 1960s -- Tribal Council Elections, 1968 -- Vietnam and Fort Lawton, Early 1970 -- Puyallup Fishing Camp, Summer 1970 -- Allies and Growing Pains, 1970-1971 -- Trail of Broken Treaties, 1972 -- Wounded Knee Caravan, Early 1973 -- From "Fish Wars" to Fisheries Management, 1973-1974 -- Puyallup Tribe Took Off, 1973-1974 -- Pushing for What We Need, 1974-1975 -- Trail of Self-Determination, 1976 -- We Needed Our Property Back, 1976-1977 -- Reclaiming Cascadia, 1976 -- Tribal Achievements and Tribulations, 1978-1988 -- Decades of Activism.

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Bennett Bill, Ramona, 1938-. Fighting for the Puyallup Tribe

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:16:23.680535+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 24026176

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
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  • Description language: eng
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