Muckleshoot Tribal Council Secretary Jessica Garcia-Jones and Councilmember Louie Ungaro traveled to San Diego, California, Aug.7-8 to represent the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe at the DCCC Leader’s Circle Weekend and Issues Conference at Torrey Pines.
Throughout the weekend, our Tribal leaders had the opportunity to connect with congressional leaders and candidates from across the country, strengthening relationships and bringing Muckleshoot priorities directly into conversations with current and future federal leaders.
Among the issues important to Muckleshoot are protecting our treaty-reserved fishing rights and salmon, defending Tribal sovereignty and gaming, and ensuring federal funding and policies continue to uphold the federal government’s trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal Nations.
For our people, having a voice in these spaces matters. Our ancestors fought to protect our rights and sovereignty, and today that work continues by showing up, building relationships and making sure Muckleshoot priorities are heard by those making decisions that impact Indian Country.
We are proud to see Muckleshoot represented and our leaders continuing to advocate for our people, our sovereignty and generations to come.
The Tribal Council went to Washington, D.C. in April to press for the Tribe’s federal agenda and strengthen the Tribe’s government- to-government relationship with the United States.
It’s springtime and the Muckleshoot Fisheries Division is pleased to announce that the Tribe’s Vashon Island tidelands are OPEN for Clam Digging and Oyster Harvest Permits are now available at the Fisheries Office.
As the Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery celebrates its 30th anniversary, we are taking a look back at the people and the activities that brought about the formation and development of this unique organization and partnership.
Each year when winter arrives, the Wildlife Program begins gearing up for one of our biggest events of the year – mule deer captures on the eastern slope of the Cascades.
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