Standoff between DNR and Indian protesters heats up on Gull Lake

NISSWA, Minn. – Indian activists from central and northern Minnesota were cited Friday with gross misdemeanors for attempting to net fish illegally and for picking wild rice without a license.

That’s exactly what the activists were hoping for as they try to take the issue of hunting and fishing sovereignty off the reservation to court.

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