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Land Rights

March 11, 2025: 20th Anniversary of the Land Rights Action

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March 11, 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the filing of the Onondaga Land Rights Case.  The Onondaga Nation chose March 11th as the filing date as over 200 years ago, New York State made their first illegal land acquisition of Onondaga lands.  New York State knowingly defiled United States law, three treaties, and their own Constitution in order to illegally purchase … [Read more...] about March 11, 2025: 20th Anniversary of the Land Rights Action

Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future: The Quest for Justice

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Join us to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the historic filing of the Onondaga Nation’s Land Rights Action at Syracuse Stage on March 10, 2025 at 6:30. Onondaga elder and Traditional Medicine Keeper Jeanne Shenandoah (Onondaga Nation, Eel Clan) and Onondaga educator Haiwhagai’i Jake Edwards (Onondaga Nation, Eel Clan) will share important history and reflect on progress … [Read more...] about Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future: The Quest for Justice

Why a Native American Nation Is Challenging the U.S. Over a 1794 Treaty

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The Onondaga have asked an international commission to find that the United States violated a treaty guaranteeing the nation 2.5 million acres of land. New York Times by Grace Ashford Four or five years ago, Sidney Hill’s young son came to him with a question that Mr. Hill didn’t know how to answer. The boy had learned that day about the millions of acres of land that … [Read more...] about Why a Native American Nation Is Challenging the U.S. Over a 1794 Treaty

Onondagas see moral victory in international panel taking on land claim rejected by courts

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Syracuse.com Mark Weiner A decade after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Onondaga Nation’s historic claim to its ancestral lands, an international panel representing 35 countries will conduct its own review of the case. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights agreed to hear the Onondaga Nation’s claim that the United States and New York state unjustly took its land … [Read more...] about Onondagas see moral victory in international panel taking on land claim rejected by courts

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Rules Onondaga Land Rights Case Can Continue

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New York, NY - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has upheld the Onondaga Nation’s right to pursue claims against the United States and New York State for the unjust taking of Indigenous lands two centuries ago without approval by the US Congress or governing authorities of the Onondaga Nation. The landmark Admissibility ruling, issued by the IACHR which is part … [Read more...] about The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Rules Onondaga Land Rights Case Can Continue

OAS Commission on Human Rights accepts Onondaga’s Petition for Land Justice against the United States.

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Onondaga Nation - In late February of 2022, the Onondaga Nation was informed by the Organization of American States (O.A.S.) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Commission that the Onondaga Nation’s Petition against the United States has been accepted.  The Commission has ruled the Petition has met all of their initial screening criteria. In meeting that criteria, the … [Read more...] about OAS Commission on Human Rights accepts Onondaga’s Petition for Land Justice against the United States.