Wisconsin tribe objects to Oneida land-into-trust
Friday, April 25, 2008
Filed Under:
Trust
A Wisconsin tribe is urging Congress to stop the land-into-trust application for the
Oneida Nation of New York.
The
Bureau of
Indian Affairs is set to decide whether to take 13,000 acres in trust for the tribe.
Associate deputy secretary Jim Cason is expected to rule next week.
The
Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians is objecting. The tribe, whose ancestors lived in New York before being removed to Wisconsin, says it is the rightful claimant to 3,000 acres at issue in the application.
The Stockbridge-Munsee Band, however, doesn't own the land. The Oneida Nation does.
Still, the Wisconsin tribe wants to negotiate some sort of settlement. The Oneidas are calling foul over the last-minute objection.
Get the Story:
Tribe in Wisconsin: Land is ours
(The Syracuse Post-Standard 4/25)
Relevant Documents:
Final
EIS (March 2008) |
Draft
EIS (November 2006)
Federal Register Notice:
Notice of Availability of Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Transfer From Fee to Trust of
Parcels Owned by the Oneida Indian Nation of New York in Oneida and Madison
Counties, New York (February 22, 2008)
From the Indianz.Com Archive:
BIA
official calls high court ruling 'quite depressing' (March 31, 2005)
Major defeat for Oneida Nation in Supreme Court
case (March 30, 2005)
Relevant Links:
Oneida Nation Trust -
http://www.oneidanationtrust.comOneida
Nation, New York -
http://www.oneida-nation.net
Indian Nation Fee-to-Trust Land Acquisition Applications in New York State -
http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/888.html
Oneida Indian Nation's Land Into Trust Application, Madison County -
http://www.madisoncounty.org/motf/OINTrustMain.html
Sherrill v. Oneida Nation Decision:
Syllabus
|
Opinion
[Ginsburg] |
Concurrence
[Souter] |
Dissent
[Stevens]
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Rep. Arcuri tried to
block Oneida land-into-trust (4/9)
Cason
'elusive' on Oneida Nation decision (4/4)
BIA still reviewing Oneida Nation land-into-trust
(3/31)
Oneida Nation, county meet for
first time in years (3/28)
Oneida Nation
asks BIA for all 17,000 acres in trust (3/25)
County discusses Oneida Nation land-into-trust
(03/07)
Cason to follow through on Oneida
land-into-trust (2/25)
BIA to rule on
Oneida trust lands request (2/22)
Cason
to brief counties on Oneida land-into-trust (2/22)
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