Ginoozhekaaning (Place of the Pike) features the Bay Mills Chippewa Indian Community, located in present day northern Michigan. In 1971, A.B. LeBlanc set a gill net in Pendills Bay on Lake Superior. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) arrested LeBlanc, and he was later convicted of fishing commercially without a license and for fishing with an illegal device. This story highlights the struggle for Ojibwe people, communities, and nations to maintain their identity through treaty reserved rights asserted in the signing of the 1836 treaty with the United States.
What is Treaty Recognition Week, and why is it important?
How does treaty law (and its constitutionally protected supremacy) impact the relationship between local, county, state, and tribal governments?
Why is it important to recognize that treaties are not just official or legally binding documents between nations but also a sacred pledge of trust?
How is the test case of Albert “Big Abe/A.B” LeBlanc similar to that of Fred and Mike Tribble in Crossing the Lines?
How is the oil pipeline under the bay a threat to the treaty rights of the Ojibwe?
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Director and Producer Finn Ryan Associate Producer Dylan Jennings, Charlie Rasmussen Cinematographer Mike Palzkill Editor Lukas Korver Score Sean Carey, Ben Lester, Zach Hanson Sound Mix Justin Perkins | Special Thanks Dwight “Bucko” Teeple Kathryn “Candy” Tierney Jaques LeBlanc Jr. Tony LeBlanc Albert “Big Abe/A.B” LeBlanc |