My Heart Is Good is a history of treaty rights, told through the life story of Port Gamble S’Klallam elder and former tribal chair Ron Charles, with context and background provided by anthropologist Josh Wisniewski. In recounting Charles’s story, the book traces the historical arc of the Port Gamble S’Klallams from treaty signing to the landmark 1974 Boldt Decision that affirmed tribal fishing rights in Washington State, the subsequent 1994 court decision affirming the tribes’ shellfish harvesting treaty rights, and the growth of today’s S’Klallam commercial fishing fleet. My Heart Is Good offers keen insights into the impact of the Boldt Decision on tribal communities in western Washington and the subsequent development of tribal fisheries management. In chronicling Ron Charles’s pivotal role during this transition, it shows how one small Indian community transformed into the stable commercial fishing community it is today. Through this unique collaboration, My Heart Is Good makes an original contribution to the growing body of treaty-rights literature, Salish Sea history, and Native American oral history.