Walleye Warriors: An Effective Alliance Against Racism and for the Earth

By Rick Whaley

Book Overview

Walleye Warriors tells the story of how an alliance of concerned people helped defuse violent confrontations against the Chippewa of northern Wisconsin. It is an important addition to the literature... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865712573
• ISBN13: 9780865712577
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The War Against First Nations Continues

"The following is a sign found posted in northern Wisconsin in the late 1980s: " First Annual Indian Shoot: Plain Indian...5 Points; Indian with Walleyes...10 Points; Indian With Boat Newer Than Yours...20 Points." " Each Spring when the ice clears, the Anishinaabe ( Chippewa) harvest fish from the lakes of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Their ancient subsistence fishing and hunting tradition is protected by treaties and reinforced by Federal Court rulings, but for years they were met by stones, racial epithets, and death threats hurled by local sports fisherman, resort and cottage owners, and other white neighbors. Walleye Warriors tells the exciting and empowering story of how a multi-race and class alliance of Anishinaabe (Chippewa), local residents, and activists defused these dramatic and tense confrontations by witnessing and documenting them. The walleye warriors and their supporters were successful at protecting Chippewa sovereignty despite the attempted use of racism, economic threats, and local government manipulations. " Being a "Plain Indian" in northern Wisconsin, who lived here during the times described, I say this is a good read. Ho wa.