Grand Ronde Tribal Hunting and Fishing Rights: Agreements and Judicial Review.
This law confirms that the existing hunting and fishing agreement between the Grand Ronde Tribe and the State of Oregon remains valid. It allows both parties to negotiate future agreements, provided these new arrangements do not affect the Tribe's historical treaty rights. This clarifies the legal framework for natural resource management in the affected areas.
Key points
The current agreement defining the Grand Ronde Tribe's hunting, fishing, and trapping rights remains in effect until a new one is negotiated.
Future agreements between the Tribe and Oregon cannot expand or limit existing ancestral or treaty rights of any Indian Tribe.
A federal court can now review the 1987 Consent Decree regarding these rights without being automatically blocked by previous rulings.
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