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3 unusual facts about George Hugo Boldt


Billy Frank, Jr.

The tribal struggle was taken to the courts in U.S. v. Washington, and Judge George Hugo Boldt found in favor of the Indians in 1974.

Fish Wars

In 1974’s United States v. Washington, U.S. District Court Judge George Hugo Boldt stated that treaty right fishermen must be allowed to take up to 50% of all potential fishing harvests, and required that they have an equal voice in the management of the fishery.

George Hugo Boldt

Judge Boldt was a lifelong member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and even served as a Grand Trustee for 6 years, 1957-1963.


Vine Deloria, Jr.

He worked on the legal case that led to the historic Boldt Decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.


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