Oneida land-into-trust case drawing attention
Thursday, April 17, 2008
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Tribes across the country are paying attention to a land-into-trust case involving the
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.
The
National Congress of American
Indians, the
Native American Rights Fund and the
Great Lakes Intertribal Council submitted a brief in the case. They supported the tribe's right to be free from state condemnation proceedings on tribal-owned fee land.
Judge William Griesbach, however, said the Oneida Nation has to go through the land-into-trust process before asserting sovereignty on its land. The tribe has until later this month to appeal the decision.
The case is similar to one the
U.S. Supreme Court decided in 2003. The justices ruled that the
Oneida Nation of New York has to go through the land-into-trust process in order to avoid paying property taxes to local governments.
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