Tribes Use Speech To Call For Tougher CWD Regulations

Gary Besaw Delivers Annual State Of The Tribes Speech To Legislature

A Menominee Indian tribal member is asking the Wisconsin Legislature for tougher action to stop chronic wasting disease and to join the fight against the proposed Back-Forty Mine.

Gary Besaw delivered the annual State of the Tribes speech Tuesday to the Legislature. He thanked lawmakers for working on bills that would define protections for Indian burial mounds and legalize commercial hemp. 

He then demanded legislators enact stronger protections to stop the spread of CWD, saying Gov. Scott Walker`s hands-off approach is jeopardizing treaty rights, tourism and hunting...