The village of Hobart, Wisconsin, is fighting a decision by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to place land into trust for the Oneida Nation.

The village says the BIA violated internal procedures when it approved the tribe's land-into-trust application. “We filed objections to these parcels and they were ignored,” Elaine Willman, the village's director of community development and tribal affairs, told The Green Bay Press-Gazette.

Willman said the BIA agreed to take about 133 parcels totaling 2,600 acres into trust. The village filed an appeal with the Interior Board of Indian Appeals over six of the parcels.

The village has fought the tribe on land-into-trust, taxation, sovereignty and other issues. Willman is a former leader of an anti-Indian group.

Get the Story:
Hobart appeals BIA ruling placing more land into trust for Oneida Tribe of Indians (The Green Bay Press-Gazette 4/19)

Related Stories:
Editorial: Village won't recognize Oneida sovereignty (2/24)
Judge rejects challenge to Oneida policing deal (10/15)
Editorial: Bad move on Oneida Nation liquor bid (7/17)
Budget provision benefits Oneida liquor license (7/15)
Norbert Hill: Resolve issues with Oneida Nation
Oneida Nation resolves tax issues over golf course (4/1)
Oneida Nation closer to resolving tax issues (3/24)
Editorial: Oneida Nation forges a promising deal (3/11)
Oneida Nation close to reopening of golf course (3/10)
Oneida Nation relations an issue in town election (2/12)
Oneida Nation to buy golf course at lower price (11/13)
Ruling affects Oneida Nation's purchase of golf course (10/2)
Oneida Nation agrees to purchase golf course (6/30)
Oneida Nation seeks to purchase golf course (6/9)