Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has asked a federal court to rule that five American Indian tribes, including the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa, can no longer rely on an 1836 treaty to set their own rules for hunting and fishing, says this story from CNN.

Mike Cox claims that the Treaty of Washington, allowing the tribes to set their own game and fish regulations on certain lands and waters in the northwestern Lower Peninsula and eastern Upper Peninsula, no longer applies, citing language in the treaty that says the tribes' rights only apply until "the land is required for settlement."

"The tribes are convinced these rights have survived, and they will vigorously oppose" the state's attempt to override them, says Traverse City lawyer William Rastetter.