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Treaty of St. Peters
The first of two treaties involving the Ojibwe and the United States. This treaty ceded a large amount of their land in Wisconsin in exchange for the rights to hunt, fish, and gather on ceded lands. -
Treaty of La Pointe
The second of two Ojibwe treaties which ceded the rest of their land in Wisconsin in exchange for the rights to hunt, fish, and gather on ceded lands. -
Isle Royale Agreement
This agreement was added to the Treaty of La Pointe because the Supreme Court felt that the treaty obligated the United States to provide reservations for the people of the tribes who ceded their land. -
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Wisconsin Ignoring Ojibwe Rights
During this timespan the state of Wisconsin was ignoring the rights of the Ojibwe given to them by the treaties of 1837 and 1842. The state of Wisconsin tried to put regulations on Ojibwe hunting ad fishing. Game Wardens would also fine Native Americans who were caught hunting and fishing off reservation. -
Voigt Decision
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled in favor of the Lac Courte Oreille Band. This ruling affirmed the rights to hunt, fish, and gather on ceded lands. This ruling was backed up by the treaties of 1837 and 1842 -
Violence Begins
After the Ojibwe regained the rights to fish and more importantly spearfish violence against Ojibwe began. Angry citizens would show up to boat landings at night to protest the spearfishing. The protesters felt that the Ojibwe were taking too many fish from lakes and were receiving special privileges to spearfish that was illegal for non-natives to do. -
Tommy Thompson
In 1986 Thompson was elected governor of Wisconsin and begin running on a platform to terminate Ojibwe treaty rights. Townsend tried offering money to tribes to give up their rights, but they refused. Thompson went to the federal court and self in 1989 to try and stop Ojibwe spearfishing to prevent further violence. Judge Barbara Crabb refused due to the fact that the Native Americans were doing anything wrong in that non-native protestors were the cause of the violence. -
Violence Ended
The Hassman ended around 1991 to 2 agreements between the tribes in the state of Wisconsin and a tribal fishery assessment that concluded that tribal spearing did not harm the population of walleye
