The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of Washington says the 1855 Treaty of Point No Point reserved its right to hunt on traditional lands.

The tribe issued a license to Levi Charles, who was subsequently arrested by the state on a poaching charge. The state says Charles shot an elk on private land but the tribe says he was on traditional hunting grounds.

Charles has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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Lower Elwha man enters plea in poaching; tribe says land is traditional hunting ground (The Peninsula Daily News 3/25)