 The Wisconsin Supreme Court placed special emphasis on the phrase " all statutes of the United States which affect Indians because of their status as Indians shall no longer be applicable to the members of the tribe , and the laws of the several States shall apply to the tribe and its members in the same manner as they apply to other citizens or persons within their jurisdiction . " The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the latter section was controlling , despite the tribal members ' argument that hunting rights were retained by treaty rather than by statute . The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the tribe had lost their hunting and fishing rights . The tribal members appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court , which declined to hear the appeal . 
