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Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights
Author:James M. McClurken (Author), Charles E. Cleland (Author), Thomas Lund (Author), John D. Nichols (Author), Helen Tanner (Author), Bruce White (Author)
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Publication date: 2000-03-31
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 572 pages
ISBN-10: 0870134922
ISBN-13: 9780870134920
Book Description
On 13 August 1990 members of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe filed a lawsuit against the State of Minnesota for interfering with the hunting, fishing, and gathering rights that had been guaranteed to them in an 1837 treaty with the United States. In order to interpret the treaty the courts had to consider historical circumstances, the intentions of the parties, and the treaty's implementation. The Mille Lacs Band faced a mammoth challenge. How does one argue the Native side of the case when all historical documentation was written by non- Natives? The Mille Lacs selected six scholars to testify for them. Published here for the first time, Charles Cleland, James McClurken, Helen Tanner, John Nichols, Thomas Lund, and Bruce White discuss the circumstances under which the treaty was written, the personalities involved in the negotiations and the legal rhetoric of the times, as well as analyze related legal conflicts between Natives and non- Natives. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the 1999 Opinion of the [United States Supreme] Court.
About the Author
James M. McClurken has studied North American tribes for more than three decades. He is the founder and president of McClurken and Associates, a consulting company that researches issues related to the indigenous peoples of North America. He is editor of Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights.
