Colville Tribe celebrates Sinixt ruling
The Colville tribe celebrates Rick Desautel's victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people's right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the Sinixit's right to hunt traditional lands and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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Shed antlers are judged by Neil Johnson, left, Corey Peone, center, and Jarred Erickson, right, a Tribal Councilman in the Nespelum district, during celebration of tribal member Rick Desautel's victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people's right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the Sinixit's right to hunt traditional lands and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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Tribal members gather for a celebration of tribal member Rick Desautel's victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people's right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the Sinixit's right to hunt traditional lands and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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Jon Simpson feels for heat in a salmon as it slow-cooks over coals Friday during celebration of tribal member Rick Desautel’s victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people’s right to hunt their native lands in Canada at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash.
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Rick Desautel stands in a shaft of light during a tribal gathering celebrating his victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people’s right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the Sinixit’s right to hunt traditional lands and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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Sulustu “Barry” Moses, speaks as his daughter Whitney Moses, holds a photo of her grandfather – Sulustu’s father – Ed Moses during a celebration of Rick Desautel’s victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt peopleÕs right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the Sinixit’s right to hunt traditional lands and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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Sulustu "Barry" Moses, leads a prayer as his daughter Whitney Moses, holds a photo of her grandfather - Sulustu's father - Ed Moses during a celebration of Rick Desautel's victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people's right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the Sinixit's right to hunt traditional lands and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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Linda Desautel braids her granddaughter Collise Seymour during celebration of her husband, Rick Desautel's victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people's right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the Sinixit's right to hunt traditional lands in Canada and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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Linda Desautel, left, and her husband, Rick Desautel, right, walk with family members during an honor song to remember ancestors lost during celebration for Rich Desautel's victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people's right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the Sinixit's right to hunt traditional lands in Canada and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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Rick Desautel wore a hat which was had "native pride" embroidered on its adjustment band and an ornate shirt featuring a bugling bull elk, during gathering celebrating his victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people's right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the Sinixit's right to hunt traditional lands and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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Shed antlers are judged Jarred Erickson, left, a Tribal Councilman in the Nespelum district, Corey Peone, center, and Neil Johnson, right, during celebration of tribal member Rick Desautel's victory in a Canadian Supreme Court case arguing for the Sinixt people's right to hunt their native lands in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021, at Round Lake outside Inchelium, Wash. Desautel, a member of the Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shot a cow elk in British Columbia to assert the SinixitÕs right to hunt traditional lands and to challenge a Canadian ruling that the Sinixt People were extinct.
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