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94as long as the rivers runWashington State ArchivesAt Frank’s Landing in 1965, a crowd and network news cameras look on atfisherman Al Bridges with several chinook.Yakama Indians led the war dance as drums sounded and “twomaidens threw a life-sized effigy of Governor Dan Evans on the fire,while the Indians cheered and emitted war whoops in approval in atwo-hour rally.”“I think our ancestors were fools to sign the treaty,” shouted oneIndian woman. “What have we got to lose? What are you fighting for?”In the court of public opinion, the symbolic hanging did notreflect well on the tribes. Evans was picked on “because he happensto be the state’s chief executive, who is required by the Constitution