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The ruling was made on August 24, 2023 by Judge Maloney that approved an agreement made between federal regulators, the Michigan Departement of Natural Resources, and four other Michigan federally recognized tirbes, the Bay Mills Indian Community from the Upper Peninsula, and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa, Little River Band of Ottawa, and Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa, to divvy up fishing rights in parts of the Upper Great Lakes. Marie Tribe, which was not part of the agreement, contends the agreement infringes on their fishing rights provided through the 1836 treaty.