Doherty's study of the struggle of the Chippewa and Ottawa Indians of Michigan's Upper Peninsula to defend their traditional fishing rights in the Great Lakes raises questions about whether the federal courts are capable of resolving conflicts over allocation of natural resources. The author's perspective comes from working among the tribes involved and from interviewing the major participants on both sides of the legal controversy. After setting the historical context of treaty rights in the 19th century, Doherty centers his major 20th-century analysis on the issues arising from United States v. Michigan. In that suit, a negotiated settlement at least temporarily settled the case between Native American treaty fishing rights and the interests of sports fishers in Michigan. One frontispiece map, good footnotes, no bibliography or illustrations. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -F. Nicklason, University of Maryland at College Park