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In northern Minnesota, the fight between whites and Indians also started with a court ruling. In August, the state supreme court held that Minnesota had no jurisdiction over hunting and fishing by Chippewas on the White Earth reservation, where white residents actually outnumber the Indians, 5,500 to 4,500...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Chippewas Want Their Rights | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

White resort owners now fear that the Chippewas will attempt to reserve some types of hunting and fishing for Indians alone. If they succeed, hardly any white sportsmen would drive up from Minneapolis-St. Paul. Over dinner in his kitchen, Bob Bruns, owner of Whaley's Resort, gloomily reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Chippewas Want Their Rights | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Fishermen have always called it Georges Bank. The origin of its name is obscure, possibly tracing to one of the British kings of colonial times. But its status is clear: it is one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. Located in a West Virginia-sized patch of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Georges Bank: Fish or Fuel? | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Georges Bank may have another natural resource: oil. That has put it at the center of a bitter legal campaign between the U.S. Department of the Interior, which wants to lease drilling rights to private oil companies, and an alliance of fishermen, environmentalists, and the Attorney General of Massachusetts, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Georges Bank: Fish or Fuel? | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Not every scientist agrees. Says John Ryther, another Woods Hole biologist: "I don't believe drilling will cause mass mortalities of fish." The Government maintains that the leases cover no spawning grounds on Georges Bank, and that the prevailing currents could easily sweep an oil slick to sea. Secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Georges Bank: Fish or Fuel? | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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