Burt Lake NewsLocal news for Burt Lake, MI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Tribes reach land, water rights deal- September 29, 2007 "We all wanted to keep that from happening again. Is everyone going to be satisfied Absolutely not, but this is something for the good of all." Joseph C. Raphael remembers the racial bitterness of the 1970s, when clashes between tribal fishermen and non-Indian sport anglers around the Great Lakes produced epithets, vandalism and even gunshots. via Traverse City Record-Eaglehttp://www.topix.net/city/burt-lake-mi/2007/09/tribes-reach-land-water-rights-deal?fromrss... Proposed Deal Reached for Mich. Tribes- September 27, 2007 "We've wanted all along to make sure people wouldn't feel the need to lash out because they were afraid we were going to destroy the resource" Five American Indian tribes will regulate hunting, fishing and plant gathering by their members on millions of acres in Michigan under a tentative agreement announced Wednesday with the state.Supporters hope the proposal will end decades of bickering over what rights Indians retained when they signed away ownership of land that amounts to 37 percent of..http://www.topix.net/city/burt-lake-mi/2007/09/proposed-deal-reached-for-mich-tribes?fromr... |