printer friendly version
Pataki: No tribal trust lands without state approval
Thursday, April 28, 2005
The Bureau of Indian Affairs shouldn't take land into trust for New York tribes without the state's approval "in appropriate cases," Gov. George Pataki (R) said.
Pataki said the BIA needs to take into account the state's position in deciding on land-into-trust requests by the Oneida Nation and the Cayuga Nation. Both tribes filed applications after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tribes cannot "unilaterally" assert sovereignty over their land claim areas.
Pataki also said the BIA shouldn't take all of the Oneida Nation's land into trust. The tribe has purchased about 18,000 acres within its land claim area.
Without trust land protection, the Oneida Nation will be given a tax bill of about $400,000 this year by the town of Verona. The town claims the tribe's properties are worth $384 million, including $362.5 million for the casino resort.
Get the Story:
Pataki on Federal Trusts
(The Syracuse Post-Standard 4/27)
Town: Turning Stone worth $378M (The Syracuse Post-Standard 4/28)
Oneidas get tax bill for casino (AP 4/28)
Value of Turning Stone made public (Turn to 10 News 4/27)
Get the Decision:
Syllabus
|
Opinion
[Ginsburg] |
Concurrence
[Souter] |
Dissent
[Stevens]
Decision in
Oneida Indian Nation v. City of Sherrill:
Majority Opinion |
Van Graafeiland Dissent
Decision in
Cayuga Indian Nation v. Village of Union
Springs:
Decision |
Order (April 23, 2004)
Related Stories:
New York Senate votes against trust land for
tribes (4/20)
Counties challenge
Cayuga Nation on sovereignty (4/19)
Supreme Court ruling impacts New York land claims
(4/19)
Cayuga Nation seeks BIA
protection for lands (4/15)
Pataki,
county blast Oneida Nation's trust land bid (4/14)
County to challenge Cayuga Nation sovereignty
(4/14)
Oneida Nation seeks trust land in
wake of ruling (4/14)
Cayuga tribes
confident on land claim appeal (4/12)
Supreme Court decision derails Pataki settlements
(4/11)
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe to pay taxes
on acquired land (4/8)
Supreme Court
called less sympathetic to Indians (4/7)
Fallout from Supreme Court ruling on Oneida Nation
(4/6)
BIA official calls high court
ruling 'quite depressing' (03/31)
Major
defeat for Oneida Nation in Supreme Court case (3/30)
Pataki, city, foes pleased with Oneida Nation
ruling (3/30)
Major defeat for Oneida
Nation in Supreme Court case (3/29)
Oneida Nation ruling could impact land claims
(01/13)
Passage of time at issue in Oneida
Nation case (01/12)
Oneida Nation wants
court to uphold promises (1/12)
Supreme
Court rejects two Indian law cases (1/12)
Supreme Court to hear Oneida Nation land dispute
(1/10)
New York municipalities pony up
for court brief (12/14)
Hearing set for
Oneida Nation treaty rights case (11/12)
Supreme Court takes action on Indian law cases
(11/02)
Tribes file briefs in Oneida Nation
land case (10/18)
Supreme Court Roundup:
2003-2004 Term (07/08)
Supreme Court to
hear dispute over Oneida Nation land (06/29)
Oneida Nation sees support in Bush administration
brief (06/08)
Appeal planned in Cayuga
Nation land rights case (04/30)
Cayuga Nation land rights upheld by federal
judge (4/26)
Cayuga Nation's plans
for land worry some in village (04/07)
Report: Seneca-Cayuga Tribe has bigger plans in
store (04/06)
NIGC accused of
'ducking' casino land issue in N.Y. (03/23)
Judge in N.Y. hears Seneca-Cayuga land
dispute (03/12)
Supreme Court asks for
DOJ brief in Oneida case (02/24)
Bill would terminate out-of-state sovereign
rights (09/26)
Appeals expected in
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe's land case (09/10)
Judge to decide fate of Seneca-Cayuga Tribe's
land (9/9)
Cayuga tribes slowly
reclaiming ancestral territory (09/02)
Okla. tribe says court decision bolsters
case (07/24)
Cayuga Nation welcomes
Indian Country decision (07/23)
Oneida Nation wins treaty lands case
(7/22)
Copyright © 2000-2005 Indianz.Com
