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Oneida Indian Nation of New York State, 470 U.S. 226 (1985), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning aboriginal title in the United States. The case, sometimes referred to as Oneida II , was "the first Indian land claim case won on the basis of the Nonintercourse Act ."
Similar, but non-statewide, acts extinguished some aboriginal title in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, and New York. The Vermont Supreme Court has held, in actions where aboriginal title was raised as a defense by criminal defendants, that all aboriginal title in Vermont was extinguished when Vermont became a state. [56]
The Erie people were also known as the Eriechronon, Yenresh, Erielhonan, Eriez, Nation du Chat, and Riquéronon. [citation needed] They were also called the Chat ("Cat" in French) or "Long Tail", referring, possibly, to the raccoon tails worn on clothing; however, in Native American cultures across the Eastern Woodlands, the terms "cat" and "long tail" tend to be references to a mythological ...
1768 – Treaty of Fort Stanwix creates the Line of Property and Purchase Line in which the Iroquois cede much of Kentucky, West Virginia, and sections of western Pennsylvania and New York. [ 6 ] 1772 – The Grand Ohio Company gets charter to settle the Vandalia colony south of the Ohio River much of which is now West Virginia.
Matinecock Tribal Nation, Kew Gardens, NY. Also Matinecock Tribal Nation of Queens and Long Island New York Inc. [126] Montauk Indian Nation, Amityville, NY. Also Montaukett Indian Nation of New York. [31] Letter of Intent to Petition 07/31/1995. [27] Montaukett Tribe of Long Island. Letter of Intent to Petition 03/16/1998. [27]
Gov. Mike DeWine ordered Ohio burgees and American flags to fly at half-staff at the Ohio Statehouse and in Stark County to honor longtime lawmaker J. Kirk Schuring, who died at age 72.
Wallace deGroot Cecil Rice (10 November 1859 – 15 December 1939) was an American lawyer, writer, and vexillographer.Based for most of his life in Chicago, Rice was a prolific writer and editor; however, he is most famous as the designer of the municipal flag of Chicago.
A few days after that, a new, larger Confederate flag appeared atop the pole. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: How Confederate flag displays upended lives in Harrison, Ohio ...