RESTORE AND ENFORCE THE POINT NO POINT TREATY OF 1855
The Issue
June 18, 2025
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
838 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Hello,
My name is John Worthington, and I live in Sequim Washington, which is in Clallam County, Washington. I am writing to the Committee on Indian Affairs to inform them that my treaty rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855, have been systematically taken away by a consortium of unregistered international ICLEI[1] agents, federal agencies, members of Congress, local tribes, state agencies, and local officials. This consortium has also usurped the authority of Congress to deal with tribal and foreign affairs. Their violations of Article V and IX of the Point No Point Treaty of 1855 began in 2001. Every year since 2001, the consortium has altered the original terms of the Point No Point Treaty of 1855 and have misused 20 years of federal grant money to undermine my non-tribal rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855.
This “consortium” operates under the Washington State statutory provision creating the the Puget Sound Partnership. That statute is RCW 90.71.210. The consortium operates locally in Clallam County under the language “an ecosystem coordination board.” The local “ecosystem coordination board” for Clallam County is Strait Ecosystems Recovery Network (SERN) as shown in the link: https://www.psp.wa.gov/LIO-overview.php
In SERN, this “consortium” consists of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington State Department of Ecology, and Washington State Conservation District. This “consortium” also consists of federal agencies Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, US Army Corp of Engineers, US Coast Guard Sector Seattle,and US Fish and Wildlife Service. The consortium also consists of Tribal Nations Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and Makah Tribe. The consortium also consists of County governments under ICLEI agreement or affiliation, Jefferson County and Clallam County. The consortium also consists of City governments under ICLEI agreement or affiliation, City of Port Angeles, City of Sequim and City of Port Townsend. The consortium also consists of numerous non-profit and Non-Government Organizations. https://www.straitern.org/aboutus There is also another Non-Government Organization called North Olympic Development Council (NODC). NODC is another overlapping consortium that is also a member of SERN. https://www.noprcd.org/about#OURTEAM There is yet another NGO called North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon (NOPLE). NOPLE is similar to SERN and has US Fish & Wildlife Service , US Forest Service, state ,tribal , county, city and non-profit components. https://restoringolympicpeninsulasalmon.org/about/
Since 2001, SERN, NODC, and NOPLE have been and still are loaded with ICLEI Charter members, who have agreed to create a “compensation mechanism” to heal a “bad relationship” as part of a “Restorative Justice” plan. https://icleiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Equity_-First-Steps-Guide.pdf It has been this 24 year “Restorative Justice” plan, that has undermined my rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855. Members of Congress, Derek Kilmer, Maria Cantwell, and Patty Murray have routinely furnished the consortium with funding and tools to achieve this “Restorative Justice.” This “Restorative Justice” effort began in 2001 and continues to this day. Everything being done in the name of “Restorative Justice” is unconstitutional and is violating my treaty rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855.
My local government has been assimilated and commandeered by the consortium to “implement” SERN, NODC and NOPLE policy. I do not have input on public policy. On a weekly basis, my county government public policy promulgation mechanism meets to pretend they are conducting real time policy promulgation, but in reality, they are just “implementing” public policy already decided by the consortium of SERN, NODC, and NOPLE.
Congress must step in to restore the American process and preserve my rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855.
Thank you.
John Worthington
303 S.5TH Ave.
Sequim WA.98382
[1] Local Governments for Sustainability (known as ICLEI)
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The Issue
June 18, 2025
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
838 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Hello,
My name is John Worthington, and I live in Sequim Washington, which is in Clallam County, Washington. I am writing to the Committee on Indian Affairs to inform them that my treaty rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855, have been systematically taken away by a consortium of unregistered international ICLEI[1] agents, federal agencies, members of Congress, local tribes, state agencies, and local officials. This consortium has also usurped the authority of Congress to deal with tribal and foreign affairs. Their violations of Article V and IX of the Point No Point Treaty of 1855 began in 2001. Every year since 2001, the consortium has altered the original terms of the Point No Point Treaty of 1855 and have misused 20 years of federal grant money to undermine my non-tribal rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855.
This “consortium” operates under the Washington State statutory provision creating the the Puget Sound Partnership. That statute is RCW 90.71.210. The consortium operates locally in Clallam County under the language “an ecosystem coordination board.” The local “ecosystem coordination board” for Clallam County is Strait Ecosystems Recovery Network (SERN) as shown in the link: https://www.psp.wa.gov/LIO-overview.php
In SERN, this “consortium” consists of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington State Department of Ecology, and Washington State Conservation District. This “consortium” also consists of federal agencies Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, US Army Corp of Engineers, US Coast Guard Sector Seattle,and US Fish and Wildlife Service. The consortium also consists of Tribal Nations Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and Makah Tribe. The consortium also consists of County governments under ICLEI agreement or affiliation, Jefferson County and Clallam County. The consortium also consists of City governments under ICLEI agreement or affiliation, City of Port Angeles, City of Sequim and City of Port Townsend. The consortium also consists of numerous non-profit and Non-Government Organizations. https://www.straitern.org/aboutus There is also another Non-Government Organization called North Olympic Development Council (NODC). NODC is another overlapping consortium that is also a member of SERN. https://www.noprcd.org/about#OURTEAM There is yet another NGO called North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity for Salmon (NOPLE). NOPLE is similar to SERN and has US Fish & Wildlife Service , US Forest Service, state ,tribal , county, city and non-profit components. https://restoringolympicpeninsulasalmon.org/about/
Since 2001, SERN, NODC, and NOPLE have been and still are loaded with ICLEI Charter members, who have agreed to create a “compensation mechanism” to heal a “bad relationship” as part of a “Restorative Justice” plan. https://icleiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Equity_-First-Steps-Guide.pdf It has been this 24 year “Restorative Justice” plan, that has undermined my rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855. Members of Congress, Derek Kilmer, Maria Cantwell, and Patty Murray have routinely furnished the consortium with funding and tools to achieve this “Restorative Justice.” This “Restorative Justice” effort began in 2001 and continues to this day. Everything being done in the name of “Restorative Justice” is unconstitutional and is violating my treaty rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855.
My local government has been assimilated and commandeered by the consortium to “implement” SERN, NODC and NOPLE policy. I do not have input on public policy. On a weekly basis, my county government public policy promulgation mechanism meets to pretend they are conducting real time policy promulgation, but in reality, they are just “implementing” public policy already decided by the consortium of SERN, NODC, and NOPLE.
Congress must step in to restore the American process and preserve my rights under the Point No Point Treaty of 1855.
Thank you.
John Worthington
303 S.5TH Ave.
Sequim WA.98382
[1] Local Governments for Sustainability (known as ICLEI)
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