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On November 16, 2006, the Onondaga Nation filed its opposition to motions to dismiss in its land claim suit against the State of New York. The full text of the submission and its supporting exhibits are shown below. The effort involved the work of many -- click here to see a list of acknowledgments. The Full Text of the Submission...
In February 2005, the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs (a traditional Haudenosaunee government), the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe , and the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne signed an agreement with Governor George Pataki to resolve their historic claim to lands in Northern New York. Represented by the Indian Law Resource Center, the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs approved the agreement only...
Text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Briefing paper written by the National Congress of American Indians, Native American Rights Fund, and the Indian Law Resource Center on the U.S. State Department Consultations on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Like the Mohawks and the Onondagas, the Senecas were the victims of unlawful land deals with the State that robbed them of much of their historic territory in Western New York. Our work on the Tonawanda Seneca Nations land claim now focuses on efforts to reverse the deeply disappointing 2002 federal district court ruling that dismissed the claim on cross-motions...
The Indian Law Resource Center has helped Indian nations and tribes and other indigenous communities in their struggles to protect their lands, resources, and human rights, the environment and their cultural heritage for nearly 30 years. This section highlights several of our past projects.
Our land is not for sale. The United States thinks it can do whatever it wants, but we know and our children and grandchildren will know that we never sold our land. (Carrie Dann Speech, November 7, 2003) In 2002, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a decision stating that the United States is violating the Danns’ (Western Shoshone)...
In 2002, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a decision stating that the United States is violating the Danns’ (Western Shoshone) human rights by its claims of ownership to their traditional lands. After winning this victory in the Inter-American system, the Center continued to represent Carrie Dann before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights concerning the refusal of the...
On March 10, 2006 in Geneva Switzerland, in an historic and strongly worded decision by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) the United States was urged to “freeze”, “desist” and “stop” actions being taken or threatened to be taken against the Western Shoshone Peoples of the Western Shoshone Nation. In its decision, CERD stressed the...
Updated Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee Regarding the United States Compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsIndian Law Resource Center (June 2006) Testimony Before the United Nations Human Rights CommitteeLucy Simpson (March 13, 2006) Elements of Federal Indian Law in the United States: An Analysis of Legal Roots of Racism.Briefing Paper for March 2006...