Gary Belille Jr., 33, a Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe tribal member, thought he’d be safe from harassment while spearfishing on his tribe’s reservation in northern Wisconsin.
He, his cousin, and another group of tribal members set out from a boat landing near Anchor Bay on the reservation to spear for walleye on Lac Courte Oreilles Lake the night of April 7.
Coming back to shore about 10 p.m., they found the tires of their pickup trucks had been slashed…