spearing

HAYWARD, Wisc. (AP) — A fraught and violent history for centuries disrupted Indigenous people’s lives in the Upper Midwest, barring them from traditional food gathering practices like spearfishing, hunting and harvesting wild rice.

The Wisconsin DNR is considering an emergency rule to allow walleye harvest on the Minocqua Chain this year.

WXPR joins a tribal spearfishing party as they exercise their treaty rights on a Northwoods lake.

The practice of spearing has evolved over time, but it has not disappeared. Tribal leaders want to make sure it never does.

The 2022 Ojibwe Spring Fishing Season will be starting soon.

Protesters gathered Monday morning in Eagle River to demand tougher prosecution of a St. Germain man suspected of a hate crime against tribal…

The state Natural Resources Board has authorized the DNR to take emergency steps to protect Wisconsin’s fish supply. The move comes after Wisconsin’s…