"ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY — The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrank its territory from what was once thousands of square miles in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse.
It took its case to President George Washington, to Congress and, more recently, to a U.S. court.
All failed.
So now the nation is presenting its case to an international panel. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recently allowed the Onondagas to pursue claims their land was taken unjustly by New York state, providing a unique venue for a land rights case against the United States by a Native American nation."
Michael Hill reports for the Associated Press September 30, 2023.
Source: AP, 10/02/2023
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