Why are indians allowed to fish with nets?

Jan 19, 2010 by CullenRox | Posted in Fishing

I do not think it is fair that the indians(Native Americans) are allowed to use nets to KILL fish and to bring down the population of fish when they are catching fish. Half of the fish they catch will be dead by the time they take the net out of the water.

You (white man) have taken away their land which at one time stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, You (the US government ) have broken every treaty ever made with the Indians, And you (white man) put them on reservations to live on until

dumdum | Jan 22, 2010

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Minneapolis Star Tribune - May 15, 2010
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Times Online - May 26, 2010
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