In conjunction with Billy’s 80th Birthday celebration, Professor Charles Wilkinson will be performing a reading from his book “Messages from Frank’s Landing: The Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way” at the The Squaxin Island Tribe’s Museum Library and Research Center, Friday, March 11th at 6pm.

A reception and book signing will follow the event. Books also will be available for sale.

“Charles Wilkinson evokes the character and culture of the Nisqually people as well as their deep love for their land. From Chief Leschi to Billy Frank, we see the long thread of cultural continuity, culminating in modern times with this fight for justice.” – Ada Deer (Menominee), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Charles Wilkinson is Moses Lasky Professor of Law at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of Fire on the Plateau: Conflict and Endurance in the American Southwest and numerous other books, including standard texts on Indian and Federal public land law.