MPRN: Tribes plan challenge to state law authorizing wolf hunt

Five Michigan Indian tribes have decided to challenge the state’s decision to hold a wolf hunt in the western U.P. this coming fall. As we hear from Michigan Public Radio’s Rick Pluta, they say the wolf hunt violates a treaty:

Specifically, the tribes of the Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority say the state did not consult with them in a meaningful way before establishing a gray wolf season, and that’s required by a 2007 consent decree.

Aaron Payment leads the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewas. He says the wolf is sacred in tribal culture and the hunting season disrespects that.