The Oneida Land Claims: A Legal History / Edition 1

by George Shattuck, Jack Campisi, Laurence M. Hauptman

Overview

Part of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Oneida Indians once controlled large areas of what is now upstate New York. Over the years they have lost their vast holdings to the state of New York, despite their protests concerning what they felt to be unjust seizures and sales of tribal lands.

The Oneida Land Claims offers a forceful account of the long and ardent fight by George Shattuck, a partner in the law firm representing the Oneida Indian Nation from 1965 to 1977, to get the Oneidas their day in court. He describes his specific, legal strategy in winning a landmark judgment from the U.S. Supreme Court in 1974 that the Oneidas still owned land taken illegally by New York State in 1795.

Because negotiations are still taking place, the Oneidas have yet to receive compensation; but Shattuck's legal battle has helped to create a new body of American Indian law that has affected subsequent Native American land claims cases throughout the eastern United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815625254
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	06/01/1991
Series:	Iroquois and Their Neighbors Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	238
Sales rank:	444,562
Product dimensions:	6.05(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

George C. Shattuck is a partner with the firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King in Syracuse, New York. He received his J.D. degree from Syracuse University College of Law and has been practicing law in Syracuse since 1954.

Editorial Reviews

Reprint. Originally published by Putnam, 1977. Includes a new long Afterword by Turow. No bibliography. Part of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Oneida Indians once controlled large areas of what is now upstate New York. Over the years they have lost their vast holdings to the state of New York. Shattuck, a partner in the law firm representing the Oneida Indian Nation from 1965 to 1977, offers an account of the fight to get the Oneidas their day in court, and describes his specific legal strategy in winning a landmark judgment from the US Supreme Court in 1974 that the Oneidas still owned land taken from them illegally by New York State in 1795. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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