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SATZ, RONALD N. CHIPPEWA TREATY RIGHTS: THE RESERVED RIGHTS OF WISCONSIN'S CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. FOREWORD BY RENNARD STRICKLAND. MADISON: WISCONSIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS, LETTERS, 1991. v+251 PP. ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS, APPENDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHY.
A book as important as Chippewa Treaty Rights merits a more timely review than this one. Indeed, Chippewa Treaty Rights also merits a wide readership, because it presents a compelling and highly readable account of the historical events surrounding the Wisconsin Chippewa's struggle to preserve their rights to land and resources. The book conveys extensive information about Wisconsin history and current debate which has important connections to related situations in other regions in North America and throughout the world; thus this case study increases our understanding of contemporary efforts to affirm and protect indigenous rights.
Author Ronald Satz, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, was assisted by graduate students Laura Apfelbeck, Jason Tetzloff, Anthony Gulig, Timothy Spindler, Tracy Hemmy and Lara Evert. The presence of their names on the title page (instead of the more customary thanks in an acknowledgments section) indicates that the book was a team effort producing not only an excellent result, but also contributing to the professional development of future scholars. Satz received an award of merit for distinguished service to history from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for Chippewa Treaty Rights in 1992....