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Author McClurken, James M

Title Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice and Game in Abundance : Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hu
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (583 pages)
Contents ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Section 1: Primary Testimony Presented on Behalf of the Mille Lacs Band in Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians (97-1337)""; ""Preliminary Report of the Ethnohistorical Basis of the Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Rights of the Mille Lacs Chippewa""; ""An Overview of Chippewa Use of Natural Resources in Historical Perspective""; ""The Western Chippewa in the Early Nineteenth Century""; ""The 1837 Treaty of St. Peters""; ""The 1842 Treaty of La Pointe""; ""Chippewa-American Relations 1825�1850: A Clash of Cultures""
""The Treaty of Fond du Lac�1847""""Attempts to Remove the Chippewa""; ""The Mille Lacs Chippewa in the 1850s""; ""The Reservation Policy and the Treaty of La Pointe�1854""; ""The Treaty of Washington""; ""The Treaties of 1863 and 1864""; ""Off-Reservation Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering in the Post-Treaty Era""; ""Statement of General Conclusions""; ""The Regional Context of the Removal Order of 1850""; ""White Population Growth in the Minnesota Region""; ""Political Leadership in Minnesota Territory""; ""Pressure for Removal""; ""Implementing the Removal Order""
""Tragedy at Sandy Lake""""Removal Efforts in 1851""; ""Suspension of the Removal""; ""The Watrous Investigation""; ""The Pleasure of the President""; ""Remnants of the Removal""; ""Beyond the Removal Policy""; ""Mille Lacs Treaty Rights at the End of the Removal Period""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Why Call It the Removal Order of 1850?""; ""Were the Mille Lacs Ojibwe Subject to the Removal Order of 1850?""; ""How Many Ojibwe Were Actually Removed?""
""The 1837 Treaty of St. Peters Preserving the Rights of the Mille Lacs Ojibwa to Hunt, Fish, and Gather: The Effect of Treaties and Agreements since 1855""""Mille Lacs and the Treaty of 1855""; ""Treaties of 1863 and 1864""; ""Implementation of the 1863 and 1864 Treaties""; ""The Nelson Allotment Act, 1889""; ""Congressional Acts and the Mille Lacs Reservation""; ""Section 3: Supporting Testimony""; ""The Mille Lacs Band and the Treaty of 1855""; ""The 1837 and 1855 Chippewa Treaties in the Context of Early American Wildlife Law""
""The Translation of Key Phrases in the Treaties of 1837 and 1855""""Appendix""; ""Minnesota, et al., Petitioners v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians et al.; No. 97�1337 Opinion of the Supreme Court""; ""Index""
Summary 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
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Subject Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota
Indians of North America -- Hunting -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota
Ojibwa Indians -- Minnesota -- Treaties
Ojibwa Indians -- Minnesota -- Treaties
Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Law and legislation
Indians of North America -- Hunting -- Law and legislation
Ojibwa Indians
SUBJECT Mille Lacs Indian Reservation (Minn.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085385
Subject Minnesota -- Mille Lacs Indian Reservation
Minnesota
Genre/Form Electronic books
Treaties
Form Electronic book
Author Cleland, Charles E
Lund, Thomas
ISBN 9781609171551
1609171551
058531537X
9780585315379