ting to carry on their court-upheld right to fish. Bypresenting the facts related to catch totals and fish populations, it becomesclear that Chippewa fishing clearly presents no threat to sustainable fishstocks. By contrast, it is the Non-Indian recreational fishing and Non-Indianindustry surrounding Northern Wisconsin's many lakes and rivers which arereducing fish stocks and hatcheries. Finally, using amateur video shot at thescene, Osawa exposes the real cause for dissension and scapegoating by theNon-Indian protesters - Racism!Ojibway Megis Shells The Megis Shell plays an important part in Ojibway customs, oral traditions and religion. In addition to it's use for bead work and as jewelry, the Megis shell was extensively used as a means to barter and trade up anddown the Eastern Seaboard. The Ojibway people, who originally lived nearthe St. Lawrence Sea Way in what is today Canada, were a part of the thissystem of trade. Furthermore, many of the neighboring Nations along theEast Coast used the Megis Shell to construct Wampum Belts which wereused as a "written" record for agreements between different tribes, andlater for treaties between the Indians and the new White Race. For theAnishinabek; Ojibway, Potawatomi and Odawa, the Megis Shell played animportant part in their migration from the St. Lawrence Sea Way area westto what is today Northern Michigan, Northern Wisconsin, NorthernMinnesota, Southern Ontario, and as far west as Manitoba, and NorthernMontana. According to Ojibway Oral History, each major stopping pointduring the Anishinabeg's migration would be marked by the appearance ofthe Sacred Megis Shell. According to Anishinabe Prophecies, the Ojibwaypeople were to follow the direction of the Megis Shell and by doing so wouldfind their final destination; a place identifiable because it was where"foodgrows on water". After centuries of following the Sacre...
