Biography
Matt McConville was a Yakama defendant in the Columbia River fishing-rights prosecution described by the International Indian Treaty Council in October 1986. The newsletter individually identifies him in tribal jail and subsequent federal custody.
Matt McConville was a Yakama defendant in the Columbia River fishing-rights prosecution described by the International Indian Treaty Council in October 1986. The newsletter individually identifies him in tribal jail and subsequent federal custody. Held in Yakama tribal jail, transferred to Yakima County Jail September 18, 1986, and taken to Lompoc September 20.
The January 30, 1987 Militant places Matthew McConville at Sandstone and reports that prison officials refused a return to the Yakama reservation for tribal proceedings.
