Tribal leaders and Bureau of Indian Affairs officials signed the land-into-trust documents in August 2014. Photo from Oneida Nation
The Oneida Nation of New York praised a federal judge's decision the puts an end to a long-running land-into-trust dispute. In a 23-page ruling, Judge Lawrence Kahn said the Bureau of Indian Affairs can place more than 13,000 acres in trust for the tribe. He rejected all of the challenges raised by an anti-Indian group. “The federal court’s dismissal of the challenges to Oneida Nation lands put the disputes behind us,” the tribe said in a statement, the Associated Press reported. “The Oneida Nation remains committed to continuing its efforts to strengthen this region’s economy and working toward a new era of shared prosperity.” The tribe reached a settlement with the state and local governments that ended disputes over the application and resolved taxation, jurisdiction and other issues. After the agreement was approved in federal court, the BIA placed the land in trust. Turtle Talk has posted documents from the case, Upstate Citizens for Equality v. Jewell. Get the Story:
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