Court Opinion

ID: 9657106
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 20:14:15.794559+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:40.915813
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Hallows, C. J.
(concurring). I concur with the majority opinion except for the take-back provisions on the exercise of the Indians’ fishing rights. First, the majority opinion states to the Indians you have your historic and traditional fishing rights, but the state of Wisconsin “who did not grant you those rights in the first place” is going to regulate them. The regulation of the Indians’ rights to fish could reduce them to the status of privileges of the white inhabitants of Wisconsin. I cannot agree that the needs of the white inhabitants of Wisconsin must determine the extent of the Indians’ fishing rights. Nor can I agree that the methods of fishing by the Indians must be by aboriginal methods. *412The Indians should be allowed a spinning rod as well as a bone hook or a spear.