After the Storm: Ojibwe Treaty Rights Twenty-Five Years after the "Voigt" Decision.

This article discusses Ojibwe Indians' fishing rights in Wisconsin. It particularly focuses on a legal and social crisis surrounding treaty rights in the 1980s and Indian rights to spearfish walleyes in the Great Lakes. The authors comment on the 1983 court case Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Chippewa...

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Published in:	American Indian Quarterly Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 161 - 192
Main Authors:	Loew, Patty, Thannum, James
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Nebraska Press Spring2011
Subjects:	Native American fishing laws Ojibwe (North American people) Native Americans Legal status of Native Americans Government relations with the Ojibwe Ojibwe treaties Native American-White relations Wisconsin state history Indigenous peoples of the Americas in mass media Economic history Wisconsin
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Summary:	This article discusses Ojibwe Indians' fishing rights in Wisconsin. It particularly focuses on a legal and social crisis surrounding treaty rights in the 1980s and Indian rights to spearfish walleyes in the Great Lakes. The authors comment on the 1983 court case Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Chippewa Indians v. Voigt, racial harassment faced by Indians, and media coverage of the controversy. They analyze Northern Wisconsin's economic and environmental conditions since the 1980s and examine tourism in the region. The Ojibwe organization the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) is also discussed.