When indigenous people ceded land to the federal government in the 1800s, parts of their treaty ensured them the continued right to hunt and fish in places where they had […]
Ojibwe Fishing Rights and Wisconsin’s Spearfishing Controversy
Spearfishing season for tribes in Wisconsin begins each April—and with it comes a long history of controversy and racism. For today’s show, WORT assistant news director Nate Wegehaupt is joined […]
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Treaty Rights
On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Jimcy McGirt, a member of the Seminole, could not be tried in an Oklahoma court, because McGirt’s alleged crime […]
