Paul Moline

3 Collection Items

• Reaction from Mille Lacs to fishing & hunting rights ruling

  Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports that Mille Lacs Ojibwe leaders called for cooperation and friendship after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of treaty rights. The decision affirmed an 1837 agreement allowing eight tribes to fish and hunt without state regulation in east-central Minnesota.

  Mar. 25, 1999Save
• Mille Lacs reaction to Arne Carlson's fishing speech

  Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on Governor Arne Carlson address to appeal for cool heads at Lake Mille Lacs. Rising tensions over imminent Ojibwe spearfishing and netting prompted the governor to make a statewide three-minute address asking for forbearance. Around Mille Lacs, lakeside residents responded to Carlson with a mixture of relief and doubt.

  Apr. 8, 1997Save
• Few expect fishing violence at Mille Lacs

  Mainstreet Radio's Leif Enger reports on impending Indian spearfishing and netting in East Central Minnesota. The Mille Lacs and other Ojibwe bands will begin taking fish under the terms of a treaty signed in 1837. The treaty harvest has raised tensions, especially around Mille Lacs Lake, one of the state's most popular fisheries.

  Apr. 7, 1997Save