Spota v. Jackson

In a proceeding pursuant to Indian Law § 8, the petitioner appeals from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Hinrichs, J.), dated November 4, 2005, which, after a trial, determined that the respondent was not an intruder upon a certain portion of the lands of the Unkechaug Indian Nation and denied the petition.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In 2002 the respondent Tina Jackson moved with her children to an allotment on the lands of the Unkechaug Indian Nation (hereinafter the tribe) belonging to her husband George Jackson (hereinafter Jackson), a “blood-right” member…