Native and Environmental Grassroots Movements. 2000 Edited version in the Fall 2000 Native Americas. The same weekend, Lac du Flambeau gillnetters are attacked, and Chippewa are jeered at a parade in nearby Minocqua. Minneapolis American Indian Center hosts treaty gathering and MTN strategy meeting. March 1990 - Walt Bresette, Tom Maulson and Andrew Gokee speak out for spearing security at press conference, as Witness trainings draw hundreds throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa.
Witnesses form cordons around spearing families and drums.
Sacred run from Pipestone, Minnesota, welcomed at Lac du Flambeau. Lac du Flambeau elder Dorothy Thoms testifies on treaty crisis at United Nations hearing in Geneva. Sept. 1990 - Intertribal spearfishing in Iron County disrupted by police, who arrest two with Indian flag. Witness report to legislative committee, documenting 279 acts of violence, racist acts, or police inaction during 1990 Spring spearing season, including near-riot at Star Lake. March 1991 - Federal Judge Crabb issues first injunction against STA harassment.