Menominee Tribe v. United States, 391 U.S. 404 (1968), was a case in
which the Supreme Court ruled that the Menominee Indian Tribe would keep
their historical hunting and fishing rights even after the federal
government ceased to recognize the tribe. It was a landmark decision in
Native American case law. The tribe had entered into treaties with the
United States which did not specifically state that they retained
hunting and fishing rights. In 1961, Congress terminated the tribe's
federal recognition, and two years later, three members of the tribe
were charged with violating Wisconsin's hunting laws on former
reservation land. The Indians were acquitted, but when the state
appealed, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the tribe no longer had
hunting and fishing rights due to the termination action. The tribe sued
the United States in the U.S. Court of Claims, which ruled that tribal
members retained those rights. Opposite rulings by the state and federal
courts brought the issue to the Supreme Court, which ruled in the
tribe's favor.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menominee_Tribe_v._United_States>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1153:
Malcolm IV became King of Scotland at the age of twelve.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_IV_of_Scotland>
1703:
Russian Tsar Peter I founded Saint Petersburg after
reconquering the Ingrian land from Sweden during the Great Northern War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Saint_Petersburg>
1915:
HMS Princess Irene was obliterated by an explosion off
Sheerness, United Kingdom with the loss of 352 lives.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Princess_Irene>
1935:
The United States Supreme Court ruled in Schechter Poultry
Corp. v. United States that the National Industrial Recovery Act, a
major component of the New Deal, was unconstitutional.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Industrial_Recovery_Act>
1995:
American actor Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse,
leaving him a quadriplegic; he later became an activist on behalf of
people with spinal cord injuries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
antaphrodisiac:
Capable of reducing the sex drive.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/antaphrodisiac>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The closer I get to the burning core of my being, the things
which are most painful to me, the better is my work. … It is a
love/hate relationship I have with the human race. I am an elitist, and
I feel that my responsibility is to drag the human race along with me
— that I will never pander to, or speak down to, or play the safe
game. Because my immortal soul will be lost.
--Harlan Ellison
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harlan_Ellison>