United States v. Winans facts for kids

Quick facts for kids United States v. Winans
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 3–4, 1905 Decided May 15, 1905
Full case name	United States v. Winans
Citations	198 U.S. 371 (more) 25 S. Ct. 662; 49 L. Ed. 1089; 1905 U.S. LEXIS 1110
Prior history	73 F. 72 (C.C.D. Wash. 1896)
Holding
Treaty includes the Indians' individual right to fishing, hunting and other privileges.
Court membership
Case opinions
Majority	McKenna, joined by Fuller, Harlan, Brewer, Brown, Peckham, Holmes, Day
Dissent	White
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II § 2 cl. 2 (The Treaty Clause)

United States v. Winans, 198 U.S. 371 (1905), was a U.S. Supreme Court case that held that the Treaty with the Yakima of 1855, negotiated and signed at the Walla Walla Council of 1855, as well as treaties similar to it, protected the Indians' rights to fishing, hunting and other privileges.

Self-determination era

President Lyndon B. Johnson makes address.

In March 1966, Lyndon B. Johnson made a speech before the United States Senate in which he proposed a new era in regards to the nation's relationship with Native Americans. President Johnson asserted "a new goal for our Indian programs; a goal that ends the old debate about termination of Indian programs and stresses self-determination; a goal that erases old attitudes of paternalism and promotes partnership and self-help".