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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.
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.’
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]
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 ...
Crandon mine was a mine proposed for northeastern Wisconsin, USA.It was to be situated near the town of Crandon and the Mole Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Forest County.The mine was the center of a multi-decade political and regulatory battle between environmentalists, American Indian tribes, sportfishing groups, and the State of Wisconsin and several large mining corporations.
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 ...
The central underpinning of treaty rights is that Native Americans are sovereign people living under their own laws, which exist alongside current United States law. [16] It is the balance between these two systems of law that create issues and require frequent interpretation by the United States court system.