To us the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground. Our religion is the tradition of our ancestors--the dreams of our old men, given them in the solemn hours of night by the Great Spirit," and the visions of our sachems; and is written in the hearts of our people.
Seathl, Duwamish chief (1)
I. INTRODUCTION
In 1831 the United States Supreme Court first characterized the relationship of Indian tribes to the United States as being like ...