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Sid Mills

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Native American
Era:1960s
State:Washington
Support
Indigenous Sovereignty Anti-War Survival of American Indians Association
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Biography

Sid Mills, Yakama and Cherokee, was a wounded Vietnam veteran who in October 1968 publicly refused further U.S. military service, declaring that his first duty was to defend his own people's treaty rights. He joined the Frank's Landing fishing-rights struggle on the Nisqually River and was repeatedly arrested at fish-ins. He married fellow activist Suzette Bridges.

Case

Charges: Violation of state fishing laws — treaty fishing-rights civil disobedience (Frank's Landing, Nisqually River, from 1968)
Sentence: Short jail terms for fish-in protests.
Convicted: Arrests and convictions for fishing "violations" while asserting treaty rights.