In 1990, the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe tribe sued the state of Minnesota, seeking declaratory judgment that they retained the hunting, fishing, and gathering rights provided in the 1837 treaty and an injunction to prevent Minnesota from interfering with those rights.  The state of Minnesota argued that when Minnesota entered the Union in 1858, those rights were extinguished.  Are the hunting, fishing, and gathering rights guaranteed to the Ojibwe in the 1837 treaty still valid and enforceable?  Did the state of Minnesota act ethically when it asserted that the Ojibwe’s hunting, fishing, and gathering rights no longer were valid?

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In 1990, the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe tribe sued the state of Minnesota, seeking declaratory judgment that they retained the hunting, fishing, and gathering rights provided in the 1837 treaty and an injunction to prevent Minnesota from interfering with those rights.  The state of Minnesota argued that when Minnesota entered the Union in 1858, those rights were extinguished.  Are the hunting, fishing, and gathering rights guaranteed to the Ojibwe in the 1837 treaty still valid and enforceable?  Did the state of Minnesota act ethically when it asserted that the Ojibwe’s hunting, fishing, and gathering rights no longer were valid?

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