Syracuse, NY - Less than two weeks after the Onondaga Nation land claim suit was dismissed by a federal judge, the year-long Onondaga Nation land rights lecture series continues at 7 tonight at Syracuse Stage. Talking about the Great Law of Peace will be Onondaga Clan Mother Audrey Shenandoah; Tom Porter, spiritual leader of the Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community; and Jack...
Syracuse, NY - Less than two weeks after the Onondaga Nation land claim suit was dismissed by a federal judge, the year-long Onondaga Nation land rights lecture series continues at 7 tonight at Syracuse Stage.
Talking about the Great Law of Peace will be Onondaga Clan Mother Audrey Shenandoah; Tom Porter, spiritual leader of the Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community; and Jack Manno, associate professor of environmental studies at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
On Sept. 22, District Judge Lawrence Kahn dismissed the Onondaga's case against New York, ruling that the Onondaga waited too long to sue.
The Onondaga Nation's suit, filed in 2005, asked the court to declare that New York violated federal and state laws when it acquired a 10- to 40-mile wide swath of land that stretches from Pennsylvania to Canada and includes the cities of Syracuse, Oswego, Fulton, Cortland, Binghamton and Watertown. The suit asked the court to declare that the Onondagas still hold title to that land.
Contact Mike McAndrew at mmcandrew@syracuse.com or 470-3016.