Treaties which give the Native Americans rights have been controversial. Fishing rights claimed by the Native Americans in the Great Lakes area have been disputed.

Books

Chiarappa, Michael J. and Kristen M. Saylvian. Fish for All: An Oral History of Multiple Claims and Divided Sentiment on Lake Michigan. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2003.
Interview with the principal stakeholders of Lake Michigan fisheries- commercial fishers, sport fishers, Native Americans, and government.

Doherty, Robert. Disputed Waters: Native Americans and the Great Lakes Fishery. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1990.
Study of the struggle of the Chippewa and Ottawa Indians for traditional fishing rights on the Great Lakes.

McClurken, James M. Compiler. Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2000.
Six reports for testimony in the case by James E. Cleland, Thomas Lud, John D. Nichols, Helen Tanner, and Bruce White.

Pittman, Philip. Don't Blame the Treaties: Native American Rights and the Michigan Treaties. West Bloomfield, MI: Altwerger and Mandel, 1992.
Fishing and treaty rights.

Williams, C. Herb and Walt Neubrech. Indian Treaties: American Nightmare. Seattle, WA: Outdoor Empire Publishing, 1976.
The authors take issue with the federal judges who have interpreted the language of Indian treaties in manners that diminish the continuing productivity of wildlife species. Includes Michigan.