Tribal leaders from around the country say a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
March 24 that upholds fishing and hunting rights for the Mille Lacs Band
of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota shows that treaties are as effective today
as they were when they were written 150 years ago. By a 5-4 vote, the nation’s
highest court ruled that Chippewa Indians can continue to hunt and fish
on 13 million acres of public lands without state regulation. The court
rejected the state’s argument that an 1850 …
