And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
My apologies for late distribution of some of this mail and the fact that
you will be receiving it in clumps today and tomorrow. My power pack blew
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Please bear with us the next couple of days..
Jiawenh,
Ishgooda
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>Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 21:26:59 -0600
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>Subject: Leech Lake Chairman Speaks Out on Treaty Rights
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>Leech Lake officials join Mille Lacs treaty case
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>CASS LAKE -- Leech Lake tribal officials join with fellow Chippewas at
>Mille Lacs in defending treaty rights, Leech Lake Tribal Chairman Eli Hunt
>said Tuesday.
> The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week in an 8-year-old
>treaty case involving how the Mille Lacs band and non-Indians divide fish
>and game in an area covering parts of a dozen counties of east-central
>Minnesota, including Lake Mille Lacs, the state's premier walleye lake.
> How the court decides could affect the way centrury-old treaties
>are upheld between Indian nations and state and federal governments.
> The state of Minnesota is appealing lower court decision
>reaffirming the Mille Lacs band's right to hunt and fish under an 1837
>treaty.
> If the court decides "in favor of the state of Minnesota, it will
>be a clear message to Indian people that treaties may be the 'supreme law
>of the land' except for Indian tribes," Hunt said in a statement. "It will
>be a clear message that 'special rights' do indeed exist but only for the
>members of dominant society. It will be a clear statement that the U.S.
>government supports the continued oppression of Indian people."
>While the case was being heard last week in Washington, D.C., Hunt said
>Leech Lake tribal leaders and band members participated in a ceremony at
>Cass Lake.
> Spiritual elder Bill Bobolink conducted a pipe ceremony. "he
>prayed to the Great Spirit, asking that the treaties between Indian tribes
>and the government be honored," Hunt said.
> George Ross, a Leech Lake minister, also offered prayers and a drum
>group, led by Tribal Council District I Rep. Pete White, drummed and sang
>traditional songs.
> The Leech Lake ceremony was one of many repeated throughout the
>nation, Hunt said. "This was our way of uniting with our brothers and
>sisters in Washington, D.C., who were conducting a similar ceremony -- to
>defend our rights, to call for justice."
> Many sport anglers and others charge that modern and savvy Indian
>tribes have used casino profits and politically correct courts to revive
>obsolete privileges and create unequal rights.
> "When will the Anishinaabeg be respected as a race of people with
>traditions, a culture and a history that need to be preserved for our
>children -- our future?" asks Hunt. "When will people stop referring to
>our rights as special rights and start referring to them for what they
>really are -- our inherent rights as human beings, and as sovereign
>nations?"
> The Supreme Court could make a ruling as soon as February or as
>late as July.
>
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