Disputed Waters : Native Americans and the Great Lakes Fishery / Robert Doherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doherty, Robert, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water rights--Great Lakes (North America).

Water rights.

Ottawa Indians--Government relations.

Ottawa Indians.

Ojibwa Indians--Government relations.

Ojibwa Indians.

Ottawa Indians--Fishing--Law and legislation.

Ojibwa Indians--Fishing--Law and legislation.

Ottawa Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Ojibwa Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This disturbing study of the struggle of the Chippewa and Ottawa Indians for traditional fishing rights in the Great Lakes raises legal and public policy questions that extend far beyond that region. Who owns common-property resources in the United States? Who should manage those resources and for whose benefit? Should Native Americans be accorded rights which supersede those of other citizens and restrict their economic and recreational opportunities? Can federal courts successfully resolve conflicts over resource allocation?In the pages of this book Robert Doherty follows the conflict from t

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Rights, Resource Allocation, and the Fishery; 1. The Fur Trade; 2. The Great Lakes Fishery, 1836-1965; 3. Social Structure and the Forests; 4. Tourism and Sport Fishing; 5. Chippewa and Ottawa Treaty Rights; 6. Treaty Rights in the Courts; 7. State Efforts to Regain Control; 8. With Utmost Good Faith?; 9. What Should Be Done?; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-168) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186054

0813186056

9780813162744

0813162742

OCLC:

900345180