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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.
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.
