''Sohappy v. Smith'', 302 F. Supp. 899 (D. Or. 1969), was a federal case heard by the

United States District Court for the District of Oregon The United States District Court for the District of Oregon (in case citations, D. Ore. or D. Or.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Oregon. It was created in 1859 when the state was admitted to the Union. ...

, decided in 1969 and amended in 1975. It began with 14 members of the Yakama tribe who sued the U.S. state of

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

over its fishing regulations. The federal court combined the case with another case, ''United States v. Oregon'', in which the U.S. federal government sued the state along with the Yakama, Warm Springs, Umatilla, and

Nez Perce The Nez Perce (; autonym in Nez Perce language: , meaning 'we, the people') are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest. This region h ...

tribes. The ruling issued by judge Robert C. Belloni in 1969 is known as the "Belloni Decision" or the "Fair Share Doctrine." It is an interpretation of the decision in '' Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game of Washington'' (1968). Belloni's ruling acknowledged the right of several tribes of Native Americans to fish in the

Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook language, Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin language, Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river headwater ...

with minimal regulation by the

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or by local governments.U.S. v. Oregon
/ref> The rights were further clarified in '' United States v. Washington'' in 1974.

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United States Native American case law United States District Court for the District of Oregon cases Land use in Oregon 1969 in United States case law 1969 in Oregon Native American history of Oregon Yakama {{Oregon-stub

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