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Interlochen Public Radio’s Points North just won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for its episode on Albert “Big Abe” LeBlanc, the Bay Mills fisherman whose challenge to Michigan’s fishing restrictions led to the vindication of Great Lakes treaty fishing rights. The episode was produced by Ellie Katz and edited by Morgan Springer.
The episode describes how LeBlanc deliberately called the DNR before setting his net in 1971, challenged the subsequent prosecution, and took the case to the Michigan Supreme Court. The podcast includes his children, Bay Mills President Whitney Gravelle, and longtime Tribal attorney Candy Tierney.
Big Abe LeBlanc in front of the truck he used to deliver fresh fish to customers. (Photo shared by Whitney Gravelle)
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