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Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice and Game in Abundance : Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hu.
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 cons...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (583 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781609171551 1609171551 058531537X 9780585315379 |