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Treaty Rights and
The Great Lakes Fishery

 

This discussion of Native American fishing rights includes the following components:

 

Background on The Great Lakes Fishery and its Uses 1600-1966

Native American Treaty Rights Enforcement 1965-1999

Additional Information

 

The majority of information found in this section is drawn from Robert Doherty, Disputed Waters: Native Americans & the Great Lakes Fishery (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1990).