Study
shows Oneidas’ tax impact
Dec.
10, 1999
The
Oneida Indian Nation doesn’t pay property taxes,
but about 2,600 of its employees shell out more than
$5 million a year in local, school and county property
taxes on their homes and land, according to an economic
study by Utica-based Zogby International.
Landowners’
group releases ’91 Oneidas' land claim
Dec.
9, 1999
In
the latest round of the continuing public relations
battle over the Oneida Indian land claim, a landowners’
group Thursday released an 8-year-old settlement proposal
and used it to criticize the Oneidas.
Oneidas, landowners
still angry, frustrated
Dec.
5, 1999
One
year since Nation asked to sue landowners, relationship
nears the breaking point.
Oneidas’
land-claim action: One year later
Dec.
5, 1999
A
judicially imposed deadline has leaders scrambling
to settle the Oneida Indian Nation before it heads
to the courts — a forum with a highly uncertain
outcome for all parties and one where several key
issues could be ignored.
Oneida
leader: Albany key to land claim
Dec.
2, 1999
Oneida
Indian Nation representative Ray Halbritter says the
state can stop legal action against some 20,000 private
landowners by agreeing to take negotiations in its
massive land claim seriously.
Fear
returns disputed land to the dark days
Nov.
14, 1999
In
the wake of a deadly threat against the Oneida Indians,
the chill winds of the old days are shrieking new
bitterness across the corn-stubble fields of the contested,
historic lands the Oneidas call home.
Indian
tribes strive for self-reliance
Aug.
9, 1999
Fighting
for what is essentially an “American dream,”
resurgent tribes are taking on a federal government
whose agencies for years have mismanaged tribal affairs.
They’re challenging Congress on valuable land-and-mineral
claims and pressing the courts on sovereignty issues.
Several have opened Washington offices to lobby Congress
on matters that affect Indians.
‘60
Minutes’ puts Oneida land claim on national stage
May
24, 1999
Oneida
County officials and Upstate Citizens for Equality
members who viewed a “60 Minutes” segment
on the Oneida Indian land claim Sunday evening said
they weren’t surprised by the 12-minute segment.
Land-suit
foes turn up pressure
Mar.
28, 1999
Upstate
Citizens for Equality plans to conduct a candlelight
vigil the week before a federal judge hears oral arguments
on an attempt to add individual property owners as
defendants in the Oneida Indian land claim.
Uncertainty
fuels landowners’ fears
Mar.
3, 1999
Tina
Bombardo was halfway into a massive house remodeling
project on her 26-acre Verona farm when the Oneida
Indian Nation bought the farm next door.
Roots
in land go deep
Mar.
4, 1999
Both
the Indians and long-time white residents feel a strong
sense of heritage about land in Madison and Oneida
counties, which lends a touch of poignancy to the
often-angry debate.
