Tribal Law - Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Wisconsin; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

CSV.1.9.010 Giigoonhyag Gidizhitwaawininaan

O dash azhigwa gaa-niibiing, dabwa-niibiing mii azhigwa gii-maajaad aw mikwam, mii apii minawaa gii-paa-bazhiba'igewaad imaa zaaga'iganing gii-pagida'waawag, gii-pagida'waawaag gaye. Miinawaa gaa-ondinaawaad niibowa ini giigohnyan gii-pagida'waawaad. Miiwidi igo Misi-zaaga'iganing mii iwidi wenjida aaniish naa chi-zaaga'igan iw gii-pagida'waawaad weweni gii ogii-ozhi'aawaan iniw odasabiiwaan Nashke a'aw Misi-zaaga'iganing anishinabe apane ikido, "Gego daangishinziin imaa gidasab imaa mitakamig, manaaji' aw asab." Mii apane wenji—agoonaawaad weweni miinawaa ge naadasabiiwaad mii go wewiib igo imaa makakong gii-asaawaad iniw odasabiiwan miinawaa ogiigoonhyimiwan wii-paam-odaabaanaasiwaan imaa mitakamigong iniw odasabiiwaan. Noongon dash wiin go Anishinaabe bakaan wenjibaad mii go imaa baam-odaabaanaad akina ingoji imaa miikanaang miinawaa mitakamig iniw odasabiin, baa-o-baapinodawaad iniw odasabiin inow. Mii ge imaa ge-ondinamaang ani-wiisiniyaang o'ow gii-pagidawaawaad.

(Res. No. 15-94; Res. No. 15-62.)

Prior Codifications

§CSV.1.9.010 was formerly codified as VI LCOTCL §1.901

Editor's Notes

Fish Tradition and Custom, Excerpt from Mii-Gaa-Onji-Bapiba'iwed Anishinaabe Mewinzha by Amik (Larry Smallwood) from Dibaajimowinan: Anishinaabe Stories of Culture and Respect, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Odanah, WI: July 2013.

And then in the summertime, before the summer, when the ice would leave, tha'ts when they would go out spearing again on the lake, and they sets nets also. They got a lot of fish from netting. Over in Mille Lacs Lake, over there that is an especially big lake where they set nets. They made their nets carefully. See, the Mille Lacs Anishinaabe always say, "You don't let your net touch the bare ground; treat your net with respect." That's why they always hung up their nets carefully and checked their nets right away, put their nets in a box and also their fish so that they wouldn't drag them on the bare ground. As for today, you see Anishinaabe from different places dragging their nets around on the road and the bare ground, going around disrespecting their nets. It is from there that we get our food from setting nets.

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin - Tribal Law

CSV.1.9.010 Giigoonhyag Gidizhitwaawininaan