John Baker holds a spear while getting ready for a night of fishing at the Chippewa Flowage on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Sunday, April 14, 2024, near Hayward, Wis. Spearfishing is a ...

He, his cousin, and another group of tribal members set out from a boat landing near Anchor Bay on the reservation to spear for walleye on Lac Courte Oreilles Lake the night of April 7.

Pronged spear at the ready, Gabe thrusts the pole ... curtailed tribes’ treaty rights and in some cases even arrested tribal members for participating in activities integral to their heritage.

The incident is being investigated by tribal police. A police report has not been produced as of press time. Jennifer Cadotte, a public relations specialist for the tribe, said the Tribal ...

By the 1960s, a few Ojibwe individuals started resurfacing treaty documents of the past, and multiple tribal members purposely got arrested for spearfishing so the cases would go to court.