U.S. Supreme Court sides with Native American elk hunter

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FILE PHOTO: A bull elk with velvet still on it's antlers grazes near Madison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, June 19, 2011. Over 30,000 elk spend their summer in park.
FILE PHOTO: A bull elk with velvet still on it’s antlers grazes near Madison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, June 19, 2011. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
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By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Native American elk hunter, citing an 1868 treaty between his tribe and the U.S. government as it revived his legal challenge to a conviction for hunting out of season in Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming.

In a 5-4 ruling, the high court sided with Crow Tribe member Clayvin Herrera. It found that the treaty, which gave tribe members hunting rights on “unoccupied” lands, is still in force even though it was signed before Wyoming became a U.S. state in 1890.

Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who has a record of backing tribal rights, sided with the court’s four liberals, with the other…

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2 thoughts on “U.S. Supreme Court sides with Native American elk hunter”

  1. This I am concerned about, because the decision doesn’t seem to concern itself with the population of animals *protected from hunting for a legitimate reason*. No clue about that subject, as usual. It’s just all about human right to do anything. The dissenters see it differently.

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