Disputed Waters: Native Americans and the Great Lakes Fishery

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 con

Author: Robert Doherty
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d
ISBN: 9780813152066

About the Author

Robert Doherty is a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.

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