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by a Shoshone-Bannock Tribal fisherman there are 50,000 to 1 10,000 killed by the dams. 

 Practically all the harvesters in the Columbia River system downstream from the headwaters of 

 the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes take an unfair share of the Salmon resource compared to our own 

 diminished harvest. Therefore, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have been forced into a situation 

 where attempts to ensure safe passage of the migrating salmon affect many different users. Our 

 most desperate action was filing the petition to list the Snake River Sockeye Salmon under the 

 federal Endangered Species Act. We sincerely thought that recovery efforts for the Sockeye 

 would benefit all the Salmon River anadromous fish. 



We as Indian people look to our brother animals as things of our "Creator," not as something 

 without a spirit, not as commodities. From the time of the Treaties to today, is a little over a 

 century and a quarter. Prior to the Treaties, this land and its resources was plentiful, the forests 

 of different kinds of trees; the waters in the rivers, streams, and lakes were clear, cool and 

 pristine, with an abundance of fishes, both anadromous and native; the different types of wildlife 

 and birds were also in abundance within this great habitat. It was this way for thousands of 

 years. Today, less than One Hundred Forty years after the Treaties (which promised much) 

 were signed, we have seen the resources, which was plenty for all, become not enough for 

 everybody. 



A fair portion of the funding required for holistic, comprehensive, ecosystem-based resource 

 management must come from Congress, as must the financial support for recovery of listed 

 species. This funding must not sacrifice the hydropower funding requirements for mitigation 

 activities. 



We the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, as well as the other Tribes need to be heard and our 

 management philosophies such as the return of the natural flow of the Columbia and Snake 

 rivers, supplementation, hatchery practice reform, protection and restoration of robust riparian 

 areas and healthy habitats, and a strong reverence for the resource (as resource, not as a 

 commodity) need to be intimately embraced if the resources are to be left for the future 

 generations. 



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