i still think everyone should write their elected officials and in turn they can have discussions with the nations this ugly mess could be avoided and everyone can win
Oneida reservation is not on Oneida lake they have land they own some on the lake but it is not part of the reservation ,the 3 casinos they own and operate are not on reservation land! ..... as far as i know Oneida lake and river system was taken during the American revolution ,the Oneidas supported the British and we defeated them in 1776 and the war of 1812 the lake and river system were taken as strategic and shipping interest (it's a gateway to the the middle of north America) .i do not believe the people involved in the fish spearing are locale , there are four nationally recognized nations: the Oneida Indian Nation in New York, the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, in and around Green Bay, Wisconsin in the United States; and two in Ontario, Canada: Oneida at Six Nations of the Grand River and Oneida Nation of the Thames. this is going to get bigger and from past events it will become nasty . there really is two sides to this and unfortunately hate misunderstanding greed and all those nasty human characteristics are going to make this real ugly. as far as i see everyone is up in arms over some fish and these people want a treaty honored and restored....if people worked together and used their heads we all could win
Well Trapp,Federally this treaty was signed a million years ago. The way the law in NYS is written, everyone has to obey the laws and the environmental laws. End of Story!
Sorry Trap but the Oneida Indians sided with the colonists. They even travelled to Valley Forge and gave Washington and his troops corn. Look up John Sullivan's Campaign
the constitution of the united states was written 250 years ago i guess that doesn't mean anything eitherend of story