Court upholds Minnesota tribal fishing rights

The federal government can’t prosecute members of a Chippewa tribe who gill-netted fish on a Minnesota reservation and sold their catch off-reservation, an appeals court has ruled.

A 19th-century treaty between the Chippewa and the U.S. government guarantees tribal members the right to fish and hunt, including the right to sell their catch, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously ruled.

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