Messages from Frank’s LandingIn 1974 Federal Judge George H. Boldt issued one of the most sweeping rulings in the history of the Pacific Northwest, affirming the treaty rights of Northwest tribal fishermen and allocating to them 50 percent of the harvestable catch of salmon and steelhead. Among the Indians testifying in Judge Boldts courtroom were Nisqually tribal leader Billy Frank, Jr., and his 95 year old father, whose six acres along the Nisqually River, known as Franks