Biography
Ramona Bennett is a Puyallup activist and former tribal council chair who was a principal leader of the Pacific Northwest "fish wars" over treaty fishing rights. She co-founded the Survival of American Indians Association, which brought the "fish-ins" to national attention. On September 9, 1970 she was among roughly 55 adults arrested when authorities destroyed the armed Puyallup River fishing camp she helped lead; the protesters were later acquitted, and the campaign helped produce the 1974 Boldt decision affirming tribal treaty fishing rights.
