I was at the meeting in Seneca Falls with Congressman Arcuri and also have followed his statements in your and others papers. He believes the present proposal will end all future Cayuga land claims, and, if not accepted, fighting a fee to trust will result in years of litigation at huge cost.
I will inform Arcuri that with this proposal there will also be years of litigation and huge legal cost if they get one sovereign acre. How can this be? They will defy this proposal and immediately buy land in fee outside their supposed legal borders and refuse to pay taxes or obey local laws thereon claiming it is their sovereign right.
The counties and state are in for years of litigation and huge costs. As in all former court cases, the U.S. will have to defend the rights of the Indians first, because of an 1793 law.
This is a fact and proven in the Pequot case in Connecticut. Also, they have refused to pay taxes right here in both counties. We have a precedent.
The Sherrill case, the Grant Island case and the Cayuga case were all federal court decisions and even the Indians admit they are final.
As for being afraid of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, it is not the BIA that makes the final decision, but the Department of Interior.
As our representative you must inform the Department of Interior that the Cayuga have federal-approved reservation in Cattaraugus County, N.Y. and the BIA knows it. That New York state is not the Cayuga's homeland, but Canada. That they completely abandoned New York state and moved to their legal reservation in Canada in 1784.
They have stated for more than 100 years that they wanted no land in New York state.
That the Sherrill gave also a road map to end the fee to trust.
That they must pass four reasons to get a fee to trust and they fail all four.
That we have won the Sherrill case, the Grand Island case and the Cayuga case and all are a final solution and no extra huge cost.
I would like a politician to not say he is afraid, but to follow the will of the people and fight like hell for our rights.
John Rancier
Cayuga
The counties and state are in for years of litigation and huge costs. As in all former court cases, the U.S. will have to defend the rights of the Indians first, because of an 1793 law.
This is a fact and proven in the Pequot case in Connecticut. Also, they have refused to pay taxes right here in both counties. We have a precedent.
The Sherrill case, the Grant Island case and the Cayuga case were all federal court decisions and even the Indians admit they are final.
As for being afraid of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, it is not the BIA that makes the final decision, but the Department of Interior.
As our representative you must inform the Department of Interior that the Cayuga have federal-approved reservation in Cattaraugus County, N.Y. and the BIA knows it. That New York state is not the Cayuga's homeland, but Canada. That they completely abandoned New York state and moved to their legal reservation in Canada in 1784.
They have stated for more than 100 years that they wanted no land in New York state.
That the Sherrill gave also a road map to end the fee to trust.
That they must pass four reasons to get a fee to trust and they fail all four.
That we have won the Sherrill case, the Grand Island case and the Cayuga case and all are a final solution and no extra huge cost.
I would like a politician to not say he is afraid, but to follow the will of the people and fight like hell for our rights.
John Rancier
Cayuga
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