Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians
Mar 24, 1999OUTCOME: Success by a 5-4 vote of the United States Supreme Court
Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, 526 U.S. 172 (1999), was a United States Supreme Court decision concerning the usufructuary rights of the Ojibwe (Chippewa) tribe to certain lands it h ... ad ceded to the federal government in 1837. The Court ruled that the Ojibwe retained certain hunting, fishing, and gathering rights on the ceded land.A case that was decided by the United States Supreme Court in March 1999, by a 5-4 vote in favor of my client. Client was one of multiple bands of Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indians of Wisconsin and Minnesota
