Ojibwe Native American Tribe

The Ojibwe Native American Tribe used to live on and own the entire Northern third of Wisconsin. However, in an 1837 land cession treaty, the Ojibwe tribe had all of their land ceded to the state of Wisconsin. For centuries, Native Americans have depended on fish as one of their major food staples. As part of the treaty, the Ojibwe was granted the right to spearfish whenever and wherever they wanted, within the state. In recent decades, Anglers have berated Native tribes for their spearfishing rights and projected needs. Anglers must be respectful of the communal needs of the Native Americans and allow them to spearfish as needed. They must also realize they remove more fish from Wisconsin lake than the tribes.
Native Americans in Wisconsin were given the rights to spearfish on their old tribal lands by treaties in the 1800s. Jim Zorn, an expert in the field of tribal treaties, states “Since we're in a state that has treaty rights that come along with statehood, the tribes have a right to fish”(Zorn). During the Land treaties of 1837 and 1842 Wisconsin Native Americans, most notably the Ojibwe, ceded all of their land in northern Wisconsin
Jim Zorn states “That's a community-based decision that takes into account food needs” (Zorn). Jason Bisonette and Keller Paap, a Wisconsin Native American and Native American linguist, state “Tribal fishermen identify a safe harvest limit on a lake in order to protect its fishery for future generations”(Bisonette). Therefore this limit is their quota, the number of fish they want to harvest from Wisconsin Lakes. With this quota, Native Americans do not go out and catch as many fish as they can in one sitting. They are then issued permits by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission; these permits are given out nightly. The permits determine the number of fish that tribal fisherman is allowed to