- Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians
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Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians
Supreme Court of the United StatesArgued December 2, 1998
Decided March 24, 1999Full case name State of Minnesota et al. v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians et al. Citations 526 U.S. 172 (more)
526 U.S. 172, 119 S.Ct. 1187, 143 L.Ed.2d 270, 67 USLW 4189, 29 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,557, 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2104, 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 2735, 12 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 162Prior history 861 F. Supp. 784 (D. Minn. 1994), aff'd, 124 F.3d 904 (8th Cir. 1997), cert. granted, 524 U.S. 915 (1998). Holding The Chippewa Indians retain usufructuary rights on the lands they ceded to the federal government in 1837. Court membership Chief Justice
William RehnquistAssociate Justices
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen BreyerCase opinions Majority O'Connor, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer Dissent Rehnquist, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas Dissent Thomas Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, 526 U.S. 172 (1999), was a United States Supreme Court decision concerning the usufructuary rights of the Chippewa tribe to certain lands it had ceded to the federal government in 1837. The Court ruled that the Chippewa retained certain hunting, fishing, and gathering rights on the ceded land.
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Background
Under the authority of the Treaty of St. Peters of 1837 (7 Stat. 536), also known as the "White Pine Treaty," the Ojibwa (Chippewa) Nations ceded a vast tract of lands stretching from what now is north-central Wisconsin to east-central Minnesota. Article 5 of the treaty states, "The privilege of hunting, fishing, and gathering the wild rice, upon the lands, the rivers and the lakes included in the territory ceded, is guarantied to the Indians, during the pleasure of the President of the United States."
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 526
- List of United States Supreme Court cases
- Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Wisconsin
External links
References
- Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (1992). A Guide to Understanding Chippewa Treaty Rights (Minnesota Edition: Rights, Regulation & Resource Management. Odanah: Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission.
- McClurken, James M. (2000). Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice and Game in abundance. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.
Categories:- United States Supreme Court cases
- United States Native American treaty case law
- Ojibwe
- Anishinaabe treaty areas
- Anishinaabe culture
- History of Minnesota
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- 1999 in Minnesota
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