Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

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.

Onondaga Nation takes rights case to international panel

The Onondagas say they don't want to force people from their homes.

Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY (AP) -- 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.

Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY (AP) — 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 Comm…

Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY (AP) — The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrunk their territory from a 2.5 million acre expanse in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse. They took their case to President George Washington, to Congress and, more recently, to federal court. All failed. So now the Onondaga Nation is presenting its case to an internati…

Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY (AP) — The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrunk their territory from a 2.5 million acre expanse in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse. They took their case to President George Washington, to Congress and, more recently, to federal court. All failed. So now the Onondaga Nation is presenting its case to an internati…