Opinion: Human rights abuses within the Tuscarora Nation

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  

"During the last year, the Niagara Falls Reporter devoted a fair amount of space to two ongoing stories.

One is a success story: the struggle and triumph of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, under the leadership of Joseph Ruffolo and the board of directors there.

The other is a kind of tragedy or horror story, a story of great injustice.

I am referring to human rights abuses the Tuscarora Nation, in Niagara County, suffer under the leadership of three men. The three are Tuscarora themselves -- tribal Clerk Leo Henry, aided and abetted by the father-and-son team of Neil Patterson Sr. and Neil Patterson Jr.

Our Editor in Chief Mike Hudson has uncovered a fascinating amount of detail and shocking abuses told over more than 35 stories on the topic."

Get the Story:
Frank Parlato Jr.: DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT REPORTER STORIES, ON SHOCKING TUSCARORA ABUSE AND NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL'S SUPERIOR CARE (The Niagara Falls Reporter 2/21)

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