Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the court, said treaty rights do not automatically disappear when a territory becomes a state. Sotomayor cited historical evidence that the Crow Tribe made a high priority of hunting rights during its treaty negotiations with the government. “This silence is especially telling.”ASSOCIATED PRESS Attorney Kyle Ann Gray, left, Clayvin Herrera, and attorney George Hicks pose for pictures on the steps of the Supreme Court, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Washington. Herrera, who is from Montana, was charged with hunting elk off-season or without a state hunting license. An intermediate Wyoming appeals court upheld the conviction in 2017 and the state’s Supreme Court left that ruling in place.

Source: Huffington Post May 20, 2019 15:56 UTC