Treaty Rights and Natural Resources

In the Roster web page, the brief entries in the table correspond with the works identified in bold letters below. Some of those roster entries include direct links to the specific readings on this page. Please contact me if you are unsure about any of the roster assignments cross-linked to this page.

1. Berger, Thomas R. 1991. A Long and Terrible Shadow, White Values, Native Rights in the Americas, 1492-1992. Douglas and McIntyre, Toronto. 183 pp.
a). Introduction, pp. vix-xiv.
b). Chapter 1, pp. 1-14 -- Las Casas and the Rights of Indians
c). Chapter 2, pp. 15- 25 -- The Debate at Valladolid
d). Chapter 3, pp. 26-38 -- Disease and Death
e). Chapters 4, pp. 39-53 -- Indian slavery,and Chapter 5, pp. 54-65 -- Indians as allies
f). Chapter 6, pp. 66-84 -- John Marshall and the Indians
g). Chapter 10, pp. 126-139 -- The Last Redoubt: The Survival of Subsistence
h). Epilogue, pp. 157-162 

2. Canby, William C., Jr. 1988. American Indian Law in a Nutshell. Second Edition. West Publ. Co., St. Paul, MN. 336 pages. ISBN 0-314-41160-7
a). Chapter 1, pp. 1-8. -- Nature and Scope of Indian Law, What is a Tribe, Who is an Indian
b). Chapter 5, pp. 66-83. -- Indian Tribal Sovereignty
c). Chapter 6, pp. 84-96 -- Indian Treaties
d). Chapter 10, pp. 230-255 -- Individual rights and Indian Law
e). Chapter 11, pp. 256-276 -- Indian Lands
f). Chapter 13, pp. 295-318 -- Indian Hunting and Fishing Rights

3.Clinton, R.N., Newton, N.J. and Price, M.E. 1991. American Indian Law: Cases and Materials. Michie Co., Charlottesville, VA.
a). Legal Protection of Native American Tribal Autonomy, pp. 1-33.
b). Who are Indians, and what are their rights? pp. 79-107.
c). Hunting and Fishing Rights, pp. 797-858

4. Deloria, Vine, Jr. and C. M. Lytle. 1983. American Indians, American Justice. University of Texas Press. 262 pages. ISBN 0-292-73834-x
a). Introduction, pp. ix-xiii
b). Chapter 1, pp. 1-24, American Indians in Historical Perspective
c). Chapter 2, pp.25-57, Federal responsibility over Indian affairs
d). Chapter 3, pp. 58-79. Indian Country

5. Robert Doherty. 1990. Disputed Waters: Native Americans and the Great Lakes Fishery. The University Press of Kentucky. 172 pages ISBN 0-8131-1715-1
a). Introduction, pp. 1-6
b). Chapter 1. pp. 7-22, The Fur Trade
c). Chapter 2. pp. 23-37. The Great Lakes Fishery
d). Chapter 3. pp. 38-50 Social Structure and the Forests
e). Chapter 4. pp. 51-66 Tourism and Sport Fishing.
f). Chapter 5, pp. 67-85. Chippewa and Ottawa Treaty Rights.
g). Chapter 6, pp. 86-104. Treaty Rights in the Courts.
h). Chapters 9 and Epilogue, pp. 140-155. What's to be Done?

6. McClurken, James M. (compiler). 2000. Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, Mich. 572 pages. ISBN 0-87013-492-2
a). Charles Cleland. Life of the Chippewa, pp. 8-26
b). Charles Cleland Answers to attorney's questions. pp. 109-115.
c). Bruce White. Regional Context of Removal: Introduction, pp. 143-150
d). Bruce White. Implementing the Removal Order, pp. 172-186
e). Tragedy at Sandy Lake, pp. 187-198
f). The Pleasure of the President, pp. 244-255
g). Opinion of the Court, pp. 527-546. Or, in HTML see: Opinion of the Court For Dissent, see also: Rhenquist, Thomas

7. Satz, Ronald N. 1991. Chippewa Treaty Rights: the Reserved Rights of Wisconsin's Chippewa Indians in Historical Perspective.Wisconsin Acad. Sci., Arts and Letters, Transactions Vol. 79, No. 1. ISSN 0084-05.05 (Note that the links from Satz' book are only the starting pages of the assignments. Be sure to read all the way through the assignment according to the page numbers included in each entry below.)
a). Prefatory and Chapter 1, Early Chippewa-US Relations, pp. xi-11.
b). Chapter 2, The 1837 Pine Tree Treaty, pp. 13-31
c). Chapter 3, The 1842 Copper Treaty, pp. 33-49.
d). Chapter 4, The Removal Order and the Wisconsin Death march, pp. 51-59.
e). Chapter 5, Reservations Replace Removal, pp. 61-82.
f). Chapter 6, The Curtailment of Treaty Rights, pp. 83-90.
g). Chapter 7, The Continuing Pursuit of Justice, pp. 91-100.
h). Chapter 8, The White Backlash and Beyond, pp. 101-124.
i). Appendix 1, Negotiations for Treaty of 1837, pp. 131-153
j). Appendices 7-9, Crabb Decision, and acceptance letters, pp. 187-197.

8. Spangler, George R. 1997. Treaty Fisheries In The Upper Midwest. Water Resources Update, Issue Number 107, Spring 1997. Pages 54-64.

9. Spangler, George R. and Tsegaye Nega. 2001. Equal Rights, Unequal share: Implementing Judicial Allocation to Indian and non-Indian Fisheries in Northern Wisconsin. Unpublished manuscript., University of Minnesota, Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, and Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability.

10. White, Bruce M. 1998. Criminalizing the Seasonal Round: Criminal and Civil Cases Limiting Ojibwe Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering, 1890-1910. Paper Presented at American Society for Ethnohistory Conference, 1998. 18 pp.

11. Fey, Harold E. and D'arcy McNickle. 1970.  Indians and Other Americans:  Two Ways of Life Meet. Perennial Library, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. New and Revised Edition. 274 pp.
a). The Bankruptcy of Great Expectations, Chapter 9, pp. 79-90.

12. Pevar, Stephen L. 1992. The Rights of Indians and Tribes:  The Basic ACLU Guide to Indian and Tribal Rights. American Civil Liberties Union. 2nd Edition. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL. 338 pp.
a). Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Rights--Chapter IX, pp. 189-204.
b). State Power over Indian Affairs--Chapter VII, pp. 111-128.
c). Appendix B, Public Law 83-280, pp.333-335.

13.  GLIFWC, 2005. Chippewa Treaty Rights:  2006 Edition. 54 pages.
a). Popular Misconceptions about Ojibwe Treaty Rights:  Appendix I, pp. 32-33.
b). An Historical Review:  Appendix II, pp. 34-42.

VIDEOTAPES ON RESERVE

Mahnomin-Wild Rice. 1997. Delta Vision, produced for the 1854 Authority, Duluth, MN--Approx. 14 minutes.

With an Eagle's Eye: Protecting Ojibwe Off-Reservation Treaty Rights & Resources. 2000. Produced by Braga Vision for the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, Odanah, WI.--Approx. 25 minutes

Lighting the 7th Fire--Upstream Productions, 420 1st Ave. West, Seattle, WA 98119--Running time 47:30.

Somethin' Fishy Still Goin' On--The Hunting & Angling Club, P.O. Box 3639, Minneapolis, MN 55403. Approx. running time, 40 mins.

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