The Bureau of Indian Affairs will decide whether to take more than 17,000 acres into trust for the Oneida Nation of New York in 2007, according to The Syracuse Post-Standard.
The tribe asked for the land to be taken into trust following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Sherrill case. The court said the tribe had to go through the land-into-trust process before claiming tax exemption and other sovereign rights on the land.
Local governments and some members of Congress are opposing the tribe's request. Oneida Mayor Leo Matzke recently wrote the BIA in opposition to putting 1,035 acres in the city in trust. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) has also discouraged the BIA.
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(The Syracuse Post-Standard 1/30)
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Oneida Nation, New York - http://www.oneida-nation.net
Sherrill v. Oneida Nation Decision:
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[Souter] | Dissent
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