It is a well documented fact that the 2002 gaming compact between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York State was a settlement for a major land claim. Let’s connect the dots, starting at the beginning.
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Former Congressman John LaFalce wrote and published this letter in 2008. It has since been removed from the internet. LaFalce spells out the connection between the Seneca gaming compact, the Seneca land claim and the inactions of former Secretary of Interior Gale Norton.
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Mothers of the Seneca Nation rallied against economic injustice on Unity Day in Niagara Square. Last month, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul strong-armed the Seneca Nation of Indians into paying the state $564 million.
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Decolonization is a very broad concept that has been interpreted in many different ways. Within the online Native community through social media, concepts of decolonization have taken on a multitude of meanings with memes and posts…
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All of Stitt’s antagonism toward tribes asserting their sovereignty seems odd considering he is an enrolled Cherokee citizen. You would think he would advocate and defend tribal sovereignty, not attempt to derail it. However, it would appear he has no vested interest in being accountable to Native communities, as it has been proven he isn’t actually Cherokee.
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Although the term has gained popularity via social media and perhaps viewed as a recent trend, Land Back! actions have been in effect since the Red Power movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s.
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The film is a proper introduction to the complexities of all that is Hawaii, the Indigenous nation itself, the settlers, landowners, professionals and others who have made their homes in Hawaii since the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom in the late 1890s.
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Records show that the Seneca Nation of Indians executed an agreement with lobbyist Bolton-St. Johns while the agreement between BSJ and Delaware North was STILL ACTIVE. This is a major conflict of interest as the Seneca Nation and Delaware North are direct competitors in casino gaming.
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In 1902, a Scottish European, named Ernest Thompson Seton migrated to America and eventually settled in Connecticut. Living on 100 acres of “pristine” stolen Native land, it was here Seton, and his hardy band of juvenile Indian phonies were learning how to track animals, identify animal and plant species, communicate using “Indian sign language,” make shelter and tie ropes into complicated knots.
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On Saturday, sparks flew as the Seneca Mothers group demanded that the Seneca Nation of Indians terminate their contract with Bolton St. Johns and force the resignation of head legal counsel Michele Mitchell. They were successful on both accounts.
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Imposter Syndrome. I felt it a lot more strongly when I was a teenager and when I was in my twenties. Everyone knew what being Indian really was but not me. I didn’t grow up on a reservation, wasn’t surrounded by the culture, didn’t have any relatives really teaching me much, wasn’t schooled really in anything but the same American way that everyone else was.
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Happy trails to you until we meet again.
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The boy’s long hair, a source of pride for the Kickapoo first grader, had been cut off. When Garcia asked what happened, his son told him that while in class, two students had taken scissors and cut his hair off against his will.
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Join the fight! SENECA RALLY for ECONOMIC JUSTICE set for UNITY Day, Friday, April 15 at 11 am, assembly at 10:30 am at Niagara SQ, Buffalo, NY
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In 2002, former Congressman John LaFalce penned this letter to then Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton. LaFalce pleads with Norton to review the Seneca gaming application; instead, Norton looked the other way.
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Senecas hire former Delaware North lobbyist to lobby the negotiation of a new gaming compact with New York State. Congressman Tom Suozzi calls for a public hearing into the rushed $564 million payment after a web of conflicts is exposed.
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New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has a dark cloud looming over her head in the form of a major conflict of interest: Delaware North, a corporation with a shadowy past.
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To some degree we are all reconnecting to our Native value systems, no matter what tribal community we come from and will experience a lifelong journey of re-discovery, unless you were raised traditionally since you were a baby then your connection will be much stronger.
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