The ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK; Robert W. Burr, Jr., Individually and as President of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York; John Logan, Individually and as Vice-President of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York; Winnifred Jacobs, Individually and as Treasurer of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York; Geralda Thompson, Individually and as Clerk of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York; Tamara Rodgers, Individually and as Recording Secretary of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York; Janice Luongo, Individually and as Corresponding Secretary of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York; Richard Isaac, Individually and as Sergeant at Arms of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York; Rae Ellen Bandera; Priscilla R. Burnette; Ralph Burr; Ruth Burr; Patrice Cook; Renie Cooke; Muriel Cornelius; Thelma Cornelius; Cynthia Denise; Benjamin Doxtator; Cecelia E. Drew; Lena Fougnier; William C. Fougnier; Anderine Gant; Abbie George; Earl George; Keller George; Marilyn George; Barry Greene; Irene Greene; Vicke Greene; Wally Greene, Jr.; James W. Hill; Leon John Hill; Cliff Isaacs; Ernie Jacobs; Lori Jacobs; Sheila Jacobs; Arthur Jones, Sr.; Elizabeth Jones; Emily Jones; Jack K. Jones; Lenora Jones; Lorna Jones; Merna Jones; Rhonda Jones; David Kilbourn; Frank Kilbourn; John E. Kilbourn; Bonnie Kristianovich; Daisy Laforte; Barbara Lafrance; Edna Leonard; Kevin Leonard; Sally Marquez; Kathy Overton; Alda Pierce; Gilbert Powless; Shirley Powless; Roberta Rice; Edward Rodgers; Iva Rodgers; Wanda Rommevaux; Lavina Schenadoah; Mary L. Sequin; Mary M. Sequin; Judith Square; Roy Smith; Neil S. Thomas; Jacob Thompson; Vernon Thompson; Florence Warren; Delia Waterman; Charles Webster; Erwin Webster; John Webster; Roberta Webster; Roxanne Webster and Glen Wheelock, Plaintiffs,
v.
The STATE OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants.
The ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF WISCONSIN, also known as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Inc., and the Oneida of the Thames Band, Plaintiffs,
v.
The STATE OF NEW YORK; the County of Broome, New York; the County of Chenango, New York; the County of Cortland, New York; the County of Delaware, New York; the County of Herkimer, New York; the County of Jefferson, New York; the County of Lewis, New York; the County of Madison, New York; the County of Oneida, New York; the County of Onondaga, New York; the County of St. Lawrence, New York; the County of Tioga, New York; Valentine Ryan; St. Regis Paper Company and Georgia-Pacific Corp., Individually and as representatives of all others similarly situated, Defendants,
and
New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, Individually, Defendant-Intervenor.
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July 24, 1981.
As amended September 10, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Arlinda Locklear, L. A. Ashenbrenner, Native American Rights Fund, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs Oneida Indian Nation of Wis. and Oneida of the Thames Band; Francis Skenandore, Tribal Atty. for the Oneida Indian Nation of Wis., Oneida, Wis., of counsel.
Bertram E. Hirsch, Bellerose, N. Y., for plaintiffs Oneida Indian Nation of New York, et al.
Robert Abrams, New York State Atty. Gen., Albany, N. Y., for State of New York and defendants State Agencies and Officials; Jeremiah Jochnowitz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albany, of counsel.
Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, Mass., for defendant Counties and defendant Ryan, individually and as class representatives; Alan van Gestel, Boston, Mass., of counsel.
Hiscock, Lee, Rogers, Henley & Barclay, Syracuse, N. Y., for defendants St. Regis Paper Co., individually and as class representative and Georgia-Pacific Corp., as class representative; Richard D. Davidson, Syracuse, N. Y., of counsel.
Shearman & Sterling, New York City, for defendant Georgia-Pacific Corp., individually; Arnold Bauman, Thomas M. Geisler, Jr., New York City, of counsel.
Huber, Magill, Lawrence & Farrell, New York City, for defendant-intervenor New York State Elec. & Gas Co.; Howard M. Schmertz, Frederic H. Lawrence, New York City, of counsel.
Robert T. Coulter, Washington, D. C., for the Six Nations and its constituent Nations, amicus curiae.
United States District Court, N. D. New York.
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
McCURN, District Judge.
During the past decade, Indian tribes have brought numerous lawsuits asserting claims to large tracts of land in the Northeast United States.1 The actions have thus far involved challenges to the validity of treaties for the purchase of these lands entered into between the States and the Indian tribes subsequent to the adoption...
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