Finding Aid for the Onondaga Nation Land Claim Records, 2005-2008Law Spec. Coll. 09Charles B. Sears Law LibraryO'Brian Hall University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo, New York 14260-1110 United States Phone: 716 645-2047 Fax: 716 645-3860 Email: asklaw@buffalo.edu URL: http://law.lib.buffalo.edu Cite items for this collection in the following format:
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Information for UsersPreferred Citation[Specified item], Box/Folder #, Law Spec. Coll. 09, Onondaga Land Claims Records, 2005-2008, Charles B. Sears Law Library, The State University of New York at Buffalo. Terms of Access and UseThe bulk of the Onondaga Nation Land Claims Records are open for research. Materials can be examined by qualified researchers in the Law Library during hours of operation during which Law Reference Librarians are present. In order to insure access, researchers are advised to contact the Law Library in advance of visits. CopyrightCourt materials are in the public domain. Copyright of background research materials lies with the respective authors or authors’ heirs and publishers. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified. Administrative InformationAcquisition InformationGift of electronic copy on cd-rom of items filed on behalf of the plaintiff, Onondaga Nation, received from their attorney, Joseph Heath in November, 2006. Other items from the docket printed from the PACER electronic database in January 2008. Also includes background information collected by the processor. Accruals and AdditionsAccruals are expected to this collection as the case progresses through the courts. Processing InformationProcessed by Karen L. Spencer. Historical NoteOn March 11, 2005 the Onondaga Nation filed a federal court action in the Northern District of New York seeking a declaratory judgment that they hold title to their aboriginal territory in central New York State stretching from Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River to Pennsylvania. The case, Onondaga Nation v. New York, et al, 05-CV-0314 , does not seek eviction of landholders or damages but a declaration that New York illegally took the land from the Onondagas in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Onondaga's expressed motivation is to participate in and encourage full environmental clean-up of Onondaga Lake and the surrounding area. The defendants are the State of New York, the Governor, Onondaga County, the City of Syracuse, Honeywell International, Inc., Trigen Syracuse Energy Corp., Clark Concrete Co., Inc., Valley Realty Development Co., Inc., and Hanson Aggregates North America. Oral argument on the defendants' motion to dismiss was heard on October 11, 2007. Scope and Content NoteCollection includes official court filings, historical and legal experts' reports and maps, a transcript of oral argument, and background research materials prepared during the ongoing litigation. Also included is related information collected by the processor, Karen L. Spencer, the Archives and Special Collections Librarian in the Charles B. Sears Law Library. ArrangementThe collection is arranged in four series: Series I. Plaintiff's Filings Series II. Defendant's Filings Series III. Court Actions Series IV. Background Materials Series I-III are arranged by item number in the court's docket found in Series III. Container List
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. Contributors Lehman, J. David
Bieder, Robert
E. (Robert Eugene), 1938-
Clark Concrete Co.
Inc.
Coulter, Robert T.
Hanson Aggregates
North America
Heath, Joseph J.
Hill, Sydney
Honeywell
International Inc.
Indian Law Resource
Center
Onondaga County
(N.Y.)
Robertson,
Lindsay Gordon
Syracuse
(N.Y.)
Trigen Syracuse Energy
Corp.
Valley Realty
Development Co. Inc.
Wallace,
Anthony F. C., 1923-
Subjects Indians of North America--
New York (State)
Indian title
Indians of
North America Government relations 1789-1869
Indians of North America
History
Onondaga Indians
Six Nations. Treaties, etc. United States, 1784 Oct.
22
Six Nations. Treaties, etc. United States, 1794 Nov.
11
Genre TermsCourt records
Legal
documents
Associated MaterialsRelated Resources
This Law Special Collection includes books on the
Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois Indians or Six Nations) as well as
the papers of Mr. Berman who was an early leader in the development of law on
the rights of indigenous peoples.
This Law Special Collection includes books on the
Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois Indians or Six Nations)with special
emphasis on the Senecas and Tuscaroras.
Seneca Nation Land Claims
Records , Law Spec. Coll. 7
This Law Special Collection materials from litigation of
Seneca Nation of Indians and Tonawanda Senecas’ land claims for Grand Island,
New York and the Oil Springs Reservation in Cuba, New York.
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