SENECA NATION
NEWS & UPDATES
June 1997 - present
Oct
29/97: Conversation with Seneca Chief Schindler
Sep
10/97: Sovereignty jeopardized
Jul
25/97: Schindler & Pataki discuss tax amendment
Jul
11/97: NY police continue to cover up brutality
Jun
26/97: NY Court of Appeal to rule on tax issue
Jun
26/97: Tax wars heat up again, Pataki reneges
Jun
15/97: NYS & Oren Lyons: crimes against Confederacy since 1988
Jun
13/97: Court date set for people arrested at Onondaga
Jun
13/97: Support needed for Defenders of Great Law
Jun
04/97: Grassroots won battle; war not won yet
May 1997
May
30/97: Pataki appeals Judge Sconier's decision
May
26/97: NYS attack = practice for more brutality to come?
May
24/97: Pataki's repeal repealed by NY court
May
23/97: Bruce Clark: Gustafsen Lake, Senecas, and Mohegans
May
22/97: Pataki repeals tax agreement
May
22/97: NYS police harass man at Tonawanda
May
22/97: Op/Ed: tax agreement secretive
May
21/97: If Seneca pay taxes, they get Buffalo
May
21/97: Mohawk Council of Chiefs' statement/proposal
May
21/97: Mohawks deny making agreement with Pataki
May
20/97: Mohawk tribal councillor spanked by Clan Mothers
May
20/97: Gas gets thru to Seneca -- for now
May
20/97: Buffalo politicians support Seneca
May
20/97: Worldwide condemnation of NYS attack
May
19/97: Call for laywers to help get Pataki out of Seneca
May
18/97: Extreme police brutality at Onondaga rally
May
16/97: US Senate calls for federal intervention
May
15/97: NY Court orders Pataki to pull out of Seneca
May
14/97: Confederacy Gathering announcement; gaming & Senecas
May
13/97: Armed military unit in Seneca territory
May
13/97: Seneca elder & Faith Keeper speaks out
May
12/97: Mainstream reports of blockades; legality of resistance
May
11/97: Blockades continue
May
08/97: Op/Ed: move to stable economy
May
07/97: Report from Seneca
May
07/97: Senecas say Clinton must intervene
May
05/97: A racist mind: NY State Police poem
May
02/97: APCs heading to Seneca?
May
02/97: Interim tax agreements extended to May 31
April 1997
Apr
30/97: Pataki feeling pressure: keep it up!
Apr
28/97: Lock-out at Onondaga Longhouse
Apr
27/97: Letter from Seneca President Schindler to US Prez Clinton
Apr
27/97: Seneca unite to fight NY taxes
Apr
26/97: Senecas declare "economic disaster", shut down services
Apr
26/97: Pataki joins with Gov. Pete Wilson to raise funds
Apr
25/97: Tuscarora Chief's house torched
Apr
24/97: Synopsis of events, Apr 20-23
Apr
23/97: Truce called at Seneca
Apr
22/97: Seneca call for help; Warrior Society pledges support
Apr
22/97: Reports on Apr 20 rally
Apr
22/97: NY Times on Seneca President Mike Schindler
Apr
21/97: Calls for support of tax resistance
Apr
18/97: Statement by women of Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Apr
17/97: Rally announcement and update on situation
Apr
16/97: Aboriginal Trade & Commerce: Pataki law = tsunami
Apr
16/97: Senator Sam Hoyt backs Senecas in protest
Apr
14/97: Rally a huge success; CBS coverage of police brutality
Apr
13/97: States barred from treaties by US constitution
Apr
11/97: Update & opinions - obligation to defend sovereignty
Apr
10/97: Support rally; reasons behind taxes
Apr
09/97: Troopers trained to blockade?; Cattaraugus stable
Apr
09/97: Member of US Congress' statement on tax issue
Apr
08/97: Man killed in traffic accident related to tax protest
Apr
07/97: Reports of police brutality - from mainstream articles
Apr
03/97: Police lay siege to Senecas resisting NY taxation
Apr
02/97: NY State press release on tax agreement