The Oneida Land Claims: A Legal History

by George C. Shattuck

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815625251
• ISBN13: 9780815625254
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"