LAC DU FLAMBEAU - As the road closure standoff ... Maulson also was a leader in the campaign for Ojibwe spearfishing rights in the Northwoods in the 1980s and 1990s. The rights for Ojibwe people ...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - Sure, William Poupart could drive ... They tried long ago to kill the Indian, but yet here we remain.” Tribal spearfishing is a hard-fought right in Wisconsin.

The Ojibwe have practiced walleye spearing for hundreds of years. It still is not fully accepted, but there is less hostility ...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU – Hunter Mayo uses an ATV to ... where Ojibwe people practiced spearfishing of walleye before the public fishing season opened. This was after the courts had affirmed Ojibwe ...

Ganebik Johnson, 13, second from right, teaches spearfishing on Pokegama Lake during a youth spearfishing event Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Lac Du Flambeau, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher) ...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. (WSAW) - For 50 years, an easement between the Lac du Flambeau tribe and its non-native residents was held in place. That easement expired in 2013 and after a decade of ...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU (WLUK) -- The Lac du FlambeauBand of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians says the town of Lac du Flambeau owes it more than $9 million in past damages in an ongoing dispute over tribal ...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. — A Native American tribe and a northern Wisconsin town have reached an agreement under which the tribe will temporarily reopen four barricaded roads that are the subject ...

William Poupart, a Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe member, combats prejudice against Ojibwe spearfishing by fostering friendships with non-tribal members. While harassment of Ojibwe spearers has decreased ...