NATION IN BRIEF : WISCONSIN : Tribe Rejects Pact to Curtail Fishing
A crowd erupted in chants and shouts of jubilation in Lac du Flambeau after members of the Chippewa tribe rejected a $35.6-million pact with the state to curtail the Indians’ off-reservation hunting and fishing. The pact would have paid the tribe for not fishing for 10 years. Treaty rights, which courts have ruled allow Indians to spearfish off their reservations, have caused controversy and sparked some violence. The Chippewa may fish with spears and out of season, which other fishermen cannot do.
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