ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20177
No(s). s. 15-1688, -1726 (2d Cir. Nov 9, 2016)

The Second Circuit upheld the federal government's 2008 decision to take approximately 13,000 acres of land in central New York into trust on behalf of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 authorizes the federal government to take land into trust on behalf of I...