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For generations, the Ojibwe bands of northern Wisconsin have
spearfished spawning walleyed pike in the springtime. The bands
reserved hunting, fishing, and gathering rights on the lands that
would become the northern third of Wisconsin in treaties signed
with the federal government in 1837, 1842, and 1854. Those rights,
however, would be ignored by the state of Wisconsin for more than a
century. When a federal appeals court in 1983 upheld the bands'
off-reservation rights, a deep and far-reaching conflict erupted
between the Ojibwe bands and some of their non-Native neighbors.
Starting in the mid-1980s, protesters and supporters flocked to the
boat landings of lakes being spearfished; Ojibwe spearfisher-men
were threatened, stoned, and shot at. Peace and protest rallies,
marches, and ceremonies galvanized and rocked the local communities
and reservations, and individuals and organizations from across the
country poured into northern Wisconsin to take sides in the
spearfishing dispute.
From the front lines on lakes to tense, behind-the-scenes
maneuvering on and off reservations, "The Walleye War" tells the
riveting story of the spearfishing conflict, drawing on the
experiences and perspectives of the members of the Lac du Flambeau
reservation and an anthropologist who accompanied them on
spearfishing expeditions. We learn of the historical roots and
cultural significance of spearfishing and off-reservation treaty
rights and we see why many modern Ojibwes and non-Natives view them
in profoundly different ways. We also come to understand why the
Flambeau tribal council and some tribal members disagreed with the
spearfishermen and pursued a policy of negotiation with the state
tolease the off-reservation treaty rights for fifty million
dollars. Fought with rocks and metaphors, "The Walleye War" is the
story of a Native people's struggle for dignity, identity, and
self-preservation in the modern world.
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