Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. State of Minnesota

The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians appeals from the decision of the district court 1 in which its claims of hunting, fishing, trapping, and wild rice gathering rights in approximately 2.6 million acres of land in the state of Minnesota were denied.

This dispute arises out of the circumstances surrounding the Band’s cession of two parcels of land to the federal government in 1889 and 1904, 2 and specifically whether any of the above-mentioned rights in the land were retained. Since the time the land was ceded to the government, the state of Minnesota has exercised full jurisdiction over…