Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance : Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights.

Intro -- 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.

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