Treaty Status Of Tribe Has To Be Decided In Fishing Rights Row, Panel Rules

(February 12, 2021, 1:04 PM EST) -- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Michigan trial court needs to decide whether an Indian tribe is the political successor in interest to a signatory tribe of a 1836 treaty in order to determine whether a member of the tribe should be convicted for illegal fishing, a state appeals court panel held Feb. 11 in remanding the dispute....

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