The latest: Minnesota's Leech Lake and White Earth bands plan to fish illegally before the season.
Why? The bands say they are guaranteed hunting and fishing rights by 19th-century treaties.
The history: Just over a decade ago the Mille Lacs band of Ojibwe won a similar claim in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case.
What's next: The bands want to negotiate with the state.
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