Joe Heath, general counsel for the Onondaga Nation, walks into the Nation's Longhouse for a meeting, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, on the Onondaga Nation territory in central New York.
The Onondagas say they don't want to force people from their homes. But they hope the novel case, which is being watched by other indigenous advocates, brings them closer to negotiations that might lead to the return of some land. The Onondaga's case centers on a roughly 40-mile-wide strip of land running down the center of upstate New York from Canada to Pennsylvania. They claim ancestral land was appropriated over decades by New York, starting in 1788, through deceitful maneuvers that violated treaties and federal law.
Heath said this was the first land rights case admitted by the commission from a Native American nation against the U.S., though it hasWhat will the U.S. do if the commission issues an opinion on merits favoring the Onondaga Nation?The U.S. is an influential member of the OAS. But human rights experts note that commission opinions are not considered legally binding to the U.S., which resists having international bodies telling it what to do.
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