Onondaga Nation

Syracuse Post Standard Editorial Page By Erik Kriss Albany Bureau A judge has tossed out a lawsuit aimed at forcing Gov. George Pataki's administration to collect taxes on Indian cigarette and gas sales to non-Indians. State Supreme Court Justice E. Michael Kavanaugh ruled Thursday that the New York Association of Convenience Stores and its two co-plaintiffs, … [Read more...] about Judge tosses suit vs. no-tax Indian sales

Syracuse Post Standard By Mike McAndrew Staff writer The talking is over, and it's time for dancing. A yearlong Onondaga Nation land rights lecture series will conclude Wednesday with an evening of Haudenosaunee music and dance at the Women's Building on the Syracuse University campus. Instead of talking about weighty issues such as sovereignty, the evening will … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation lecture series wrapping up

Onondaga Nation lawyer writes NRC: Atomic power "fraught with hazards." Syracuse Post Standard By Charles McChesney Staff writer The Onondaga Nation is opposing the relicensing of the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Station in Scriba. In a Nov. 13 letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Joseph J. Heath, attorney for the Nation, says the plant has been a concern … [Read more...] about Nuclear Plant’s Relicensing Opposed

Syracuse Post Standard By Mike McAndrew Staff writer When people opposed to Native American tribal sovereignty ask "Aren't we all just Americans?" Scott Lyons has an answer. "Not exactly," according to Lyons. Lyons, a Syracuse University assistant professor and director of the Center for Indigenous Studies at St. John Fisher College, said the U.S. Constitution … [Read more...] about Panel Pushes for Tribal Rights

By WILLIAM KATES Associated Press Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Onondaga Indian Nation has persistently protested that New York state stole its historic territory and the tribe was blocked from its day in court for nearly two centuries by the American legal system, tribal officials said Monday. The Onondaga leaders were responding to a bid by the state to get the tribe's … [Read more...] about Onondagas say history proves lawsuit should go forward

Dr. J. David Lehman “Treaty” of Fort Schuyler 1788 While the Onondaga chiefs were in Ohio aiding the federal government in relations with other Native nations, New York State negotiated this “treaty” with unauthorized individuals at an unauthorized location and without the knowledge or consent of the Chiefs. In this “treaty”, New York claims to have acquired all of … [Read more...] about Three fraudulent “treaties” took 99% of Onondaga land

Syracuse Post Standard By Elizabeth Doran Staff writer At the Onondaga Nation School, the week begins and ends with pupils giving thanks in the Onondaga language. All the schoolchildren gather in a circular room beneath a glass dome in the school's cultural center. They sit around a large green turtle representing Mother Earth inlaid into the floor. Each week a … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation School teaches three Rs alongside Native beliefs