Lyons v. Lyons

The parties hereto are Onondaga Indians and reside on the Onondaga Indian reservation. The reservation is located about five miles south of Syracuse in the county of Onondaga, N. Y. The land in question is part of the reservation. Since the organization of the confederacy of the Six Nations of Indians, the Onondaga Nation has continued to be a member thereof and has ever since maintained all of the Indian tribal laws, customs, rules and regulations. About 700 Indians reside upon the reservation. The various Indians residing on the reservation have the right to possession of different parcels…