内容摘要：Mexico’s government has been working furiously to talk U.S. President Donald Trump down from tariff threats and meet demands by his administration to crack down on organized crime. At the same time, Trump has been

Mexico’s government has been working furiously to talk U.S. President Donald Trump down from tariff threats and meet demands by his administration to crack down on organized crime. At the same time, Trump has been

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a series of on how tribes and Indigenous communities are coping with and combating climate change.Bisonette described how past leaders, recognizing the need for enough food to subsist in their homeland, strategically secured the right to hunt, fish and gather wild rice in certain areas as part of the 19th century treaties that ceded land to settlers.

But for a long time after that, the state of Wisconsin curtailed tribes’ treaty rights and in some cases even arrested tribal members for participating in activities integral to their heritage. Eventually a 1983 Supreme Court decision affirmed the Ojibwe people’s rights, but opposition flared up. Angry and misinformed locals showed up at lakes to harass tribal members. They slashed tires, shouted racist slurs and shot at spearfishers.Auno Barber, left, and Mark Ojibway look in shallow water while preparing to spearfish at the Chippewa Flowage on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Sunday, April 14, 2024, near Hayward, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)Auno Barber, left, and Mark Ojibway look in shallow water while preparing to spearfish at the Chippewa Flowage on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Sunday, April 14, 2024, near Hayward, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Lights illuminate the water as Mick Tainter holds a spear while fishing at the Chippewa Flowage on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Sunday, April 14, 2024, near Hayward, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)Lights illuminate the water as Mick Tainter holds a spear while fishing at the Chippewa Flowage on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Sunday, April 14, 2024, near Hayward, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Today, wardens at every boat landing work to keep people safe, but incidents still happen from time to time. Bisonette can laugh at the notion of people screaming “go back to where you came from” at Native people, but still carries the weight of past run-ins. “It would be scary for anybody,” he said. “You like to think time heals everything, but it still doesn’t.”

Now, with the importance of that history in mind, tribes and local conservation teams are finding ways to keep walleye and the spearing tradition intact. Spearers are required to get permits that limit the number of fish they can take, and some lakes are “stocked,” meaning the bulk of the fish population is born in a hatchery and released into the lake. But the goal in many cases is still to boost natural reproduction.Fish are laid out in Baliara village on Kabaena Island, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)

Communities on land are experiencing the mines’ impact as well: Sugar cane, palm and clove trees cultivated for food and income don’t grow as well, with water sources used for crops tainted by mining activities, residents said.“That’s the effect: The growth of the sugar palm trees will not be as good because of the influence of mining,” said Amal Susanto, 32, a palm sugar farmer in an area of Kabaena where exploration permits have been granted but mining has not yet begun. “I hope no mines around here, because our income will be impacted.”

Amal Susanto collects sap from a palm tree to make palm sugar on Kabaena Island, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)Amal Susanto collects sap from a palm tree to make palm sugar on Kabaena Island, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)