SENECA NATION

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May 24/97: Pataki's repeal repealed by NY court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