- 4 - Stat. 927 (1859), in which the nation reserved fishing rights at all of its usual and accustomed fishing grounds and stations. See also United States v. State of Washington, 520 F.2d 676 (9th Cir. 1975). In or sometime before 1984, petitioner purchased a fishing boat named the Denise W. The boat purchase was financed through a combination of a commercial loan and a promissory note given to the former owners of the Denise W. In 1984 petitioner obtained a loan of $50,000 from the same commercial lender that financed part of the boat purchase. The $50,000 was used to make a payment toward the purchase of a salmon net, to make a payment on the note held by the former owners of the Denise W, to make insurance and mortgage payments, and for miscellaneous items. The loan was guaranteed through a Federal loan guaranty program administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Petitioner operated the Denise W in treaty fishing-rights- related activities of the nation from about 1986 through 1991. During that period petitioner was licensed to fish in waters within the nation, and the Denise W was registered by the nation for use in the treaty fishing-rights-related activities of the nation. There came a time in or around the year 1993 when petitioner did not make his loan payments as they became due. As a result,Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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