A new book by a former tribal leader in West Sound, along with an upcoming public appearance, is aimed at telling more about the complicated tribal fishing and treaty history in Puget Sound.

Authored by former Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Chairman Ron Charles and anthropologist Josh Wisniewski, "My Heart is Good: Treaty Rights and the Rise of a S’Klallam Fishing Community" tells Charles' life story and context and background offered by Wisniewski. Readers will learn the history of PGST from treaty signing to the landmark 1974 Boldt Decision that affirmed tribal fishing rights in Washington, the subsequent 1994 court decision affirming the tribes’ shellfish harvesting treaty rights, and the growth of PGST's commercial fishing fleet today, publisher Empty Bowl Press announced in a statement.

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