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The Wisconsin Walleye War became the name for late 20th-century events in Wisconsin in protest of Ojibwe (Chippewa) hunting and fishing rights. In a 1975 case, the tribes challenged state efforts to regulate their hunting and fishing off the reservations, based on their rights in the treaties of St. Peters (1837) and La Pointe (1842).
In this week's First Nations Wisconsin newsletter, we look at how spearfishing is at the heart of the issue of Indigenous sovereignty in Wisconsin. Tribal spearfishing is a symbol of Indigenous ...
Spearfishing is intensively managed throughout the world. The use of SCUBA equipment for spearfishing is now illegal in many parts of the world, although it remains legal and popular within many parts of the United States. Within the EU, the use of SCUBA for spearfishing is now illegal, in addition to a ban on spearfishing at night. [26]
Spearing Salmon By Torchlight, an oil painting by Paul Kane. It features Menominee spearfishing at night by torchlight and canoe on the Fox River. Traditional Menominee spiritual culture includes rites of passage for youth at puberty. Ceremonies involve fasting for multiple days and living in a small isolated wigwam. As part of this transition ...
The annual ice spearing camp on the Mole Lake Reservation in northern Wisconsin was started by elders as a way to revitalize their Ojibwe heritage. Tribal members in Wisconsin spear fish through ...
Traditional Indigenous ice spearfishing, which inspired sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago, is still practiced in northern Wisconsin. ‘One day, it will be a lost art.’
Male full-time workers had a median income of $42,155 versus $27,563 for female workers. The per capita income for the reservation was $26,048. About 16.9% of families and 20.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 29.5% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over. [ 15 ]
A creel full of 61 new fishing regulations will greet anglers for the 2024-25 Wisconsin license year.. Chief among them is a daily bag limit of three walleye on inland waters. Wisconsin ...