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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,
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