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Onondagas see moral victory in international panel taking on land claim rejected by courts

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Syracuse.com Mark Weiner A decade after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Onondaga Nation’s historic claim to its ancestral lands, an international panel representing 35 countries will conduct its own review of the case. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights agreed to hear the Onondaga Nation’s claim that the United States and New York state unjustly took its land … [Read more...] about Onondagas see moral victory in international panel taking on land claim rejected by courts

Indigenous Peoples Day – October 8, 2023

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Join Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (Syracuse Peace Council) and Women of Italian and Syracuse Heritage CNY at the Everson Museum of Art (MAP) for the 2023 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Community Festival and Refocus Films Screening on Onondaga Nation land. This free, day-long, indoor/outdoor celebration features Oñgwehoñweh food and craft vendors, Haudenosaunee singing and social … [Read more...] about Indigenous Peoples Day – October 8, 2023

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

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Associated Press by Michael Hill 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. … [Read more...] about Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

Organization of American States – InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights: Motion for Reconsideration Filed on September 14, 2023

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In late May 2023, the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) upheld the Onondaga Nation’s right to pursue the human rights violations claims against the United States, in what they labeled an “Admissibility Decision.”  This was roughly the equivalent of surviving a motion to dismiss the case and now, the Nation’s Petition will proceed to a final decision on the merits … [Read more...] about Organization of American States – InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights: Motion for Reconsideration Filed on September 14, 2023