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TEACHER FORUM ONLINE
MAAWANJI'IDING
Ojibwe Histories and Narratives
Brain-Box Digital Archives Project

The Right to Hunt, Fish and Gather

WebQuest for Students grades 10-12
Note to teachers: presentation or individual viewing of the Treaty Rights pathway, on the CD-ROM Maawanji'iding, is suggested before students begin work on this webquest. (see Treaty Rights Pathway no.1 below)

INTRODUCTION:
In 1986 members of the Anishinaabe Nation exercised their sovereign right to spear Walleye in the lakes of northern Wisconsin . Spearfishers journeyed to boat landings that were often off the reservation, but within the CEDED territory. This activity caused a stir of protest and violence.

TASK:
You are a member of a three person journalist team. Your team has been asked to travel back in time and investigate this event. Once you have returned from your journey you write a column for your local newspaper on your findings.

PROCESS:
You have discovered three points of view to research:

1. Ojibwe Spear fisher

2. Witness for non-violence

3. Spear Fishing Protester

Each member of your journalistic team will choose a point of view to investigate. Use the resources listed below to investigate your story. Make sure to keep a good log or notebook on your fact finding and document your sources. Once you have gathered all of your materials. Work together to write your column.

EVALUATION:
Your Article Should:

- Describe the events, which took place pertaining to spear fishing
- Explain the nature of the conflict
- Describe each point of view clearly
- Highlight key information that is important in understanding this story
- Define Key concepts and terms important in understanding issues associated with off reservation fishing activities. (For example: "Ceded Territory", "Harvest", "Ojibwe," "Anishinaabe," "Chippewa"… etc)

CONCLUSION
Your article will be syndicated in the Associated Press. Everyone who reads newspapers around the country will understand the sovereign rights of members of the Lake Superior Bands of Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe) in Northern Wisconsin to hunt, fish and gather within CEDED territory &endash; based on what they read in your article. This is a quite a task… GOOD LUCK!

Maawanji'iding-Gathering Together CD-ROM
Treaty Rights Pathway no.1

CD-ROM viewing for teacher presentation, indivudual, or group work; to set a framework and basic understanding for The Right to Hunt Fish and Gather webquest.

Materials:
- 1 CD, Computer and presentation system for viewing the CD as a group and several CD's and a computer lab for small group exploration of the CD
- Internet Access &endash; Or the availability to print off materials from the web sites.

Pre Viewing Questions:
- What are the CEDED territories?
- Why do the Anishinaabe have special rights to hunt, fish and gather in Northern Wisconsin's CEDED territories?

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Pathway for Viewing Maawanji'iding:
- Go to the Seasons archive, go to crafts, or canoes, or wildrice, or maplesugar. All of these activities exemplify Anishinaabe rights to hunt, fish, and gather, throughout the ceded territories. Look through some of the archive photos (or play the slideshow of the archive photos) in the section you chose to enter. Then play the contemporary story from that section's narrator.

- Listen to the thematic story on The Land

- Then listen to the subsection entitled Treaties

- Visit the following sections of the Timeline

Food on the Water (10,000-1435) (local events)
1000 &endash; Seasonal patterns of hunting and fishing predominate in the Great Lakes…

Struggle to Remain (1820-1872) (local and N. American events)
1837-42 &endash; Cession treaties (map and narrative) (see local and NA)

Land and Resources (1872-1935) (local events)

1901 - John Blackbird (Bad River) is imprisoned for gillnet fishing; in 1908 Morrin ( Red Cliff) is found guilty in WI state Court for gillnetting on Lake Superior.

1933 &endash; Thomas St. Germaine, first Indian lawyer, argues for treaty rights

Sovereign Rights (1935-2000) (local events)

1959 &endash; Bad River Tribe issues a non-violent Declaration of War of arrests by the WI Department of conservation and harassment of tribal members gathering food on-reservation

1972 &endash; Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds the Ojibwe Treaty Right to fish on Lake Superior

1989 - Mole Lake and Lac du Flambeau reject state attempts to buy treaty rights.

1991 - After decades of local violence and state challenges to tribal food gathering, federal courts affirm the off-reservation treaty rights of Wisconsin Ojibwe.

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Post Viewing Discussion Questions:
- What is the CEDED territory? What are treaty rights?
- Why did Ojibwe spearfishing in 1986 and 1987 create such conflict at the boat landings?
- What were the concerns of the opposition to treaty and spearing rights?
- Do you think these concerns were legitimate?

Now you are ready to begin your webquest.

Resources

Internet Resources:

www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/MWTreaties.html
Treaties information from

www.menominee.com/treaty/introduc.html
Introduction to Menominee treaties

www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Interactions.html
Interactions with the non-Indian Community

www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Decisions.html
The Voight Decision

www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Impact.html
Impact on the Fisheries Resource

www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Misconceptions.html
Misconceptions About Treaty Rights

www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Treaties.html
Treaties relevant to the Wisconsin spearing case.

http://Nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9204/0049.html
Chippewa Treaty Rights

www.fw.umn.edu/Indigenous/historvw.htm
Treaty Rights - Understanding the Conflict

www.fw.umn.edu/Indigenous/decide1.htm
Historical Overview

www.fw.umn.edu/Indigenous/rights.htm
Understanding the Conflict

http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/docs/anti_indian.html
Indian Treaty Rights

www.indians.org/library/anti.html
Indian Issues and Anti-Indian Organizing

www.glifwic.org
Great Lakes Intertribal Fish and Wildlife Commission

http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/fishing.html
Native Americans and the Environment: Fishing

www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/issues/indian.htm
Indian Fishing and Hunting Rights

http://www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Interactions.html
Interactions with the non-Indian community

http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/political/fishing.htm
Chippewa Spearing and Netting Season

http://www.turtle-island.com/customs.html
Ojibwe Customs ( Spear Fishing)

http://www.fw.umn.edu/Indigenous/impacts.htm
Treaty Rights: Understanding Conflict

Multimedia Resources:
Maawanji'iding - Gathering Together: Ojibwe Histories and Narratives from Wisconsin hup!mutlimedia 1999

Printed Resources:
Walleye Warriors : An Effective Alliance Against Racism and for the Earth
Rick Whaley, Walter Bresette / Paperback / Published 1993

Chippewa Treaty Rights : The Reserved Rights of Wisconsin's Chippewa Indians in Historical Perspective. Ronald N. Satz, et al / Paperback / Published 1997

Classroom Activities in Chippewa Treaty Rights

Paperback / Published 1994. Available for purchase from Publication Sales, Wisconsin

Department of Public Instruction, Drawer 179, Milwaukee, WI 53293-0179. Phone: (800) 243-8782.

Lighting the Seventh Fire (Video) Documentary on Spear Fishing and Treaty Rights in Northern Wisconsin by Sandra Osawa 202-281-9177 www.turtle-island.com/ojibmovies.html

Chippewa Off-Reservation Treaty Rights: The Role of GLIFWC, 1993. (Video) Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. P.O. Box 9, Odanah, WI 54861 ( 715) 682-6619.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES ON WISCONSIN INDIAN TREATIES AND TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY, by Ronald N. Satz, et al. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 1996. ISBN 157377024X. Available for purchase from Publication Sales, Wisconsin

Department of Public Instruction, Drawer 179, Milwaukee, WI 53293-0179. Phone: (800) 243-8782.

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	TEACHER FORUM ONLINE MAAWANJI'IDING Ojibwe Histories and Narratives Brain-Box Digital Archives Project
The Right to Hunt, Fish and Gather WebQuest for Students grades 10-12 Note to teachers: presentation or individual viewing of the Treaty Rights pathway, on the CD-ROM Maawanji'iding, is suggested before students begin work on this webquest. (see Treaty Rights Pathway no.1 below) INTRODUCTION: In 1986 members of the Anishinaabe Nation exercised their sovereign right to spear Walleye in the lakes of northern Wisconsin . Spearfishers journeyed to boat landings that were often off the reservation, but within the CEDED territory. This activity caused a stir of protest and violence. TASK: You are a member of a three person journalist team. Your team has been asked to travel back in time and investigate this event. Once you have returned from your journey you write a column for your local newspaper on your findings. PROCESS: You have discovered three points of view to research: 1. Ojibwe Spear fisher 2. Witness for non-violence 3. Spear Fishing Protester Each member of your journalistic team will choose a point of view to investigate. Use the resources listed below to investigate your story. Make sure to keep a good log or notebook on your fact finding and document your sources. Once you have gathered all of your materials. Work together to write your column. EVALUATION: Your Article Should: - Describe the events, which took place pertaining to spear fishing - Explain the nature of the conflict - Describe each point of view clearly - Highlight key information that is important in understanding this story - Define Key concepts and terms important in understanding issues associated with off reservation fishing activities. (For example: "Ceded Territory", "Harvest", "Ojibwe," "Anishinaabe," "Chippewa"… etc) CONCLUSION Your article will be syndicated in the Associated Press. Everyone who reads newspapers around the country will understand the sovereign rights of members of the Lake Superior Bands of Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe) in Northern Wisconsin to hunt, fish and gather within CEDED territory &endash; based on what they read in your article. This is a quite a task… GOOD LUCK! Maawanji'iding-Gathering Together CD-ROM Treaty Rights Pathway no.1 CD-ROM viewing for teacher presentation, indivudual, or group work; to set a framework and basic understanding for The Right to Hunt Fish and Gather webquest. Materials: - 1 CD, Computer and presentation system for viewing the CD as a group and several CD's and a computer lab for small group exploration of the CD - Internet Access &endash; Or the availability to print off materials from the web sites. Pre Viewing Questions: - What are the CEDED territories? - Why do the Anishinaabe have special rights to hunt, fish and gather in Northern Wisconsin's CEDED territories? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pathway for Viewing Maawanji'iding: - Go to the Seasons archive, go to crafts, or canoes, or wildrice, or maplesugar. All of these activities exemplify Anishinaabe rights to hunt, fish, and gather, throughout the ceded territories. Look through some of the archive photos (or play the slideshow of the archive photos) in the section you chose to enter. Then play the contemporary story from that section's narrator. - Listen to the thematic story on The Land - Then listen to the subsection entitled Treaties - Visit the following sections of the Timeline Food on the Water (10,000-1435) (local events) 1000 &endash; Seasonal patterns of hunting and fishing predominate in the Great Lakes… Struggle to Remain (1820-1872) (local and N. American events) 1837-42 &endash; Cession treaties (map and narrative) (see local and NA) Land and Resources (1872-1935) (local events) 1901 - John Blackbird (Bad River) is imprisoned for gillnet fishing; in 1908 Morrin ( Red Cliff) is found guilty in WI state Court for gillnetting on Lake Superior. 1933 &endash; Thomas St. Germaine, first Indian lawyer, argues for treaty rights Sovereign Rights (1935-2000) (local events) 1959 &endash; Bad River Tribe issues a non-violent Declaration of War of arrests by the WI Department of conservation and harassment of tribal members gathering food on-reservation 1972 &endash; Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds the Ojibwe Treaty Right to fish on Lake Superior 1989 - Mole Lake and Lac du Flambeau reject state attempts to buy treaty rights. 1991 - After decades of local violence and state challenges to tribal food gathering, federal courts affirm the off-reservation treaty rights of Wisconsin Ojibwe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Post Viewing Discussion Questions: - What is the CEDED territory? What are treaty rights? - Why did Ojibwe spearfishing in 1986 and 1987 create such conflict at the boat landings? - What were the concerns of the opposition to treaty and spearing rights? - Do you think these concerns were legitimate? Now you are ready to begin your webquest. Resources Internet Resources: www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/MWTreaties.html Treaties information from www.menominee.com/treaty/introduc.html Introduction to Menominee treaties www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Interactions.html Interactions with the non-Indian Community www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Decisions.html The Voight Decision www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Impact.html Impact on the Fisheries Resource www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Misconceptions.html Misconceptions About Treaty Rights www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Treaties.html Treaties relevant to the Wisconsin spearing case. http://Nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9204/0049.html Chippewa Treaty Rights www.fw.umn.edu/Indigenous/historvw.htm Treaty Rights - Understanding the Conflict www.fw.umn.edu/Indigenous/decide1.htm Historical Overview www.fw.umn.edu/Indigenous/rights.htm Understanding the Conflict http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/docs/anti_indian.html Indian Treaty Rights www.indians.org/library/anti.html Indian Issues and Anti-Indian Organizing www.glifwic.org Great Lakes Intertribal Fish and Wildlife Commission http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/fishing.html Native Americans and the Environment: Fishing www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/issues/indian.htm Indian Fishing and Hunting Rights http://www.fw.umn.edu/NRES3010/Interactions.html Interactions with the non-Indian community http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/political/fishing.htm Chippewa Spearing and Netting Season http://www.turtle-island.com/customs.html Ojibwe Customs ( Spear Fishing) http://www.fw.umn.edu/Indigenous/impacts.htm Treaty Rights: Understanding Conflict Multimedia Resources: Maawanji'iding - Gathering Together: Ojibwe Histories and Narratives from Wisconsin hup!mutlimedia 1999 Printed Resources: Walleye Warriors : An Effective Alliance Against Racism and for the Earth Rick Whaley, Walter Bresette / Paperback / Published 1993 Chippewa Treaty Rights : The Reserved Rights of Wisconsin's Chippewa Indians in Historical Perspective. Ronald N. Satz, et al / Paperback / Published 1997 Classroom Activities in Chippewa Treaty Rights Paperback / Published 1994. Available for purchase from Publication Sales, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Drawer 179, Milwaukee, WI 53293-0179. Phone: (800) 243-8782. Lighting the Seventh Fire (Video) Documentary on Spear Fishing and Treaty Rights in Northern Wisconsin by Sandra Osawa 202-281-9177 www.turtle-island.com/ojibmovies.html Chippewa Off-Reservation Treaty Rights: The Role of GLIFWC, 1993. (Video) Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. P.O. Box 9, Odanah, WI 54861 ( 715) 682-6619. CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES ON WISCONSIN INDIAN TREATIES AND TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY, by Ronald N. Satz, et al. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 1996. ISBN 157377024X. Available for purchase from Publication Sales, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Drawer 179, Milwaukee, WI 53293-0179. Phone: (800) 243-8782.
back to BRAIN-BOX main page
hup! multimedia is the funder and publisher of the Brain-Box Digital Archives Project and has established a working group dedicated to a collaborative design and editorial production process. Our long term goal is to enable and support local initiatives in developing new media projects. For more information contact: info@Brain-Box.com.