Wisconsin Indians exercise their rights, guaranteed by
treaties
signed with the U.S. government , to fish and
hunt on public
lands -- by treaties they could use all (private and public) lands
in the ceded territories. These are not treaty rights! The U.S. government
did not give these rights to Indians; they possessed them before Europeans
arrived and the U.S. was created.
Since 1985, tourism has steadily
increased in the Wisconsin portion of the 1837and 1842 ceded territories.
Indeed, the rate of growth was greater in the region with the heaviest
exercise of treaty rights than in regions with less or no exercise! In
addition, property values in the nine Wisconsin counties which experienced
the greatest Chippewa treaty fishing activity since 1985 had steady increases.
[Source: Masinaigan, a publication of the Great Lakes Indian Fish
& Wildlife Commission, Fall Supplement 1997, p.
15]
Hunting
Deer
Tribal equals Indians.
Bow and gun represents non-Indians.
Which method of hunting
deer killed the most deer?
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