By William Kates
Verona, New York (AP)
It’s just 18-acres, cluttered with abandoned buildings, ringed by wooded lots and fields, and once used by the U.S. Air Force for testing radios and radar.
But the fate of this small patch in Oneida County looms large for New York’s tribes looking to have thousands of acres of upstate land put into federal trust, where it would be outside the control of state and local governments.
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Verona, New York (AP)
The federal government has placed 18 acres of central New York land into tax-exempt trust for the Oneida Indian Nation.
The transfer of land from the Air Force to the U.S. Department of Interior bypassed the lengthy, contentious battle that has engulfed...01-12-2009, 01:23 PM -
By William Kates
Syracuse, New York (AP)
New York and two counties filed a federal lawsuit June 19 to block the U.S. Department of Interior from putting 13,004 acres of upstate land into trust for the Oneida Indian Nation, the third legal challenge to block the transfer.
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Auburn, New York (AP)
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wants federal officials to do another study on how the local economy would be affected if 129 acres of upstate New York land are put into trust for the Cayuga Indian Nation.
Schumer says the BIA isn’t taking into consideration...07-07-2009, 12:16 PM -
By Ray Lilley
Wellington, New Zealand (AP)
Seven Indigenous Maori tribes signed New Zealand’s largest-ever settlement June 25 over grievances arising from 19th century losses of lands, forests and fisheries during European settlement of the country.
The $319 million...07-01-2008, 12:04 PM -
Verona, New York (AP) 10-09
A federal judge has upheld the U.S. Department of Interior’s authority to put more than 13,000 acres of upstate New York land into trust for the Oneida Indian Nation.
New York state and Madison and Oneida counties had argued that former Interior...10-09-2009, 02:04 PM