Oregon tribes hope Congress will restore traditional rights to hunt and gather food
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A Siletz tribal member organized a group of people to dig for camas bulbs in a field in Eugene Oregon. The Siltz are currently not allowed to gather, fish, or hunt on their ancestral lands up north due to a consent decree signed over four decades ago. (Brian Bull/KLCC)
Agreements signed in the 1980s limited two Oregon tribes' right to fish, hunt and gather food on their ancestral lands. Federal legislation may soon reinstate those rights on traditional lands.
