Menominee Tribe v. United States
Menominee Indian Tribe had entered into a series of treaties with the United States that did not specifically state that they had hunting and fishing rights. In 1961, Congress terminated the tribe’s federal recognition, ending its right to govern itself, federal support of health care and education programs, police and fire protection, and tribal rights to land. The tribe sued the U.S. for compensation in the US Court of Claims, which ruled that tribal members still had Hunting and Fishing rights and that Congress had not abrogated the rights in the treaty. The decision was upheld by the US Supreme Court in 1968.
About Menominee Tribe v. United States in brief
Menominee Indian Tribe had entered into a series of treaties with the United States that did not specifically state that they had hunting and fishing rights. In 1961, Congress terminated the tribe’s federal recognition, ending its right to govern itself, federal support of health care and education programs, police and fire protection, and tribal rights to land. Three members of the tribe were charged with violating Wisconsin’s hunting and Fishing laws on land which had been a reservation for over 100 years. In 1968, the Supreme Court held that the tribe retained its hunting and. fishing rights under the treaties involved and the rights were not lost after federal. recognition was ended by the Menominees Indian Termination Act without. a clear and unequivocal statement by Congress removing the rights. The case was a landmark decision in Native American case law and was decided by a unanimous Supreme Court. The tribe sued the U.S. for compensation in the US Court of Claims, which ruled that tribal members still had Hunting and Fishing rights and that Congress had not abrogated the rights in the treaty. The court ruled that the treaty did not mention hunting or fishing rights, but stated that the reservation was to be held as Indian lands are held. The ruling was appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which found in favor of the menomineez. The decision was upheld by the US Supreme Court in 1968. The Menominese tribe is one of the richest and most productive tribes in the nation.
It was considered to be a tribe that could be terminated because they were hard-working, productive, tax-paying, productive citizens. The federal government thought that termination would allow the tribal members to be assimilated into mainstream American culture, and that they would be able to be more assimilated. The menomineses were thought to be the richest, productive and tax-working citizens, and they were terminated in 1954 because they could no longer be dependent on the Bureau of Indian Affairs to support them, the court ruled. The tribes’ traditional territory was about 10 million acres. They first acknowledged that they were under the protection of the United. States in the Treaty of St. Louis. In 1825 and 1827, the treaties of Prairie du Chien and Butte des Morts answered boundary questions. In 1836, the tribe entered into the treaty of Cedar Point, under which 4,184,000 acres were ceded to the federal government. The treaty was contingent on the tribe examining the land proposed for them and accepting it as suitable. In 1850, Chief Oshkosh led a delegation to the Crow Wing area and determined that the land was not suitable for the tribe, mainly because the proposed reservation was located between two warring tribes, the Dakota and Ojibwe. The tribe ceded the land in Minnesota back to theFederal government. In the mid-1940s, the Menoinee tribe was considered by a government to identify tribes for a survey by a survey.
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