Treaty Rights

The Red Lake Nation is one of the few tribes in the country that continues a tradition of hereditary chiefs. As a chief, Loud will serve in an advisory capacity to the council for life.

Plus: The Minnesota DNR set a five-fish bag limit for Upper Red Lake walleye this summer; and a state watchdog says bipartisan fraud control efforts at the Minnesota Capitol appear promising.

The Minnesota DNR reminds residents not to interfere with tribal members' inherent rights to spear and net for fish in the ceded territory of the 1837 Treaty of St. Peter.

Plus: Megan Buffington recaps a candidate forum for the special Itasca County Board elecion.

Todd Thompson's charge of illegal equipment while wild ricing was dismissed for the second time. Thompson, a White Earth band member, describes the state's actions on ceded lands as harassment.

Attorneys general in a dozen states — including North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa — filed the lawsuit challenging the EPA rule requiring states to consider the rights of tribal members for water management decisions on ceded lands.

The memorandum of agreement between White Earth and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service doesn't transfer ownership, but it does formalize a co-stewardship agreement.

Darren Vogt and Marne Kaeske from the 1854 Treaty Authority will speak about the cultural importance and biology of wild rice at the June 6 webinar.

The Seventh Generation Celebration will discuss the history of the 11 million acres of land ceded in the 1863 Old Crossing Treaty, so named for the thousands of oxcarts that traveled through this area.

The uncontrolled flow of groundwater at this site near Moose Lake in Aitkin County is considerably lower than the flows at the three other aquifer breach sites.