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storm155Northwest Indian Fisheries CommissionAfter the landmark court decision, U.S. v. Washington, Billy rose to power ashead of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. For decades, he has representedtreaty tribes of Western Washington.field. The end of the week marked the celebration of America’s Bicentennialand a parade that drew half a million people. Indians sat infront of the White House thumping drums.A few days later, police arrested more than fifty Native Americansas they entered the Bureau of Indian Affairs Building and called forits abolition. “I went to jail, well juvenile hall,” says Sugar, “Trespassing,I guess, on the bia Building. But they didn’t read us norights, so the next day they just cut us all loose.“I would never take it back. It was worth it. Without that war wewouldn’t have what we got today. We’d be extinct. . . . That’s thereason why we joined that Trail. We were trying to show the governmentwhat they were doing to the Indian people. It was selfdetermination.”