Hennessy v. Dimmler

The Onondaga Council of Chiefs have *524requested the removal of certain non-Indians from the Onondaga Territory. The request was initiated on February 3, 1975 by a letter to the Honorable Wallace H. Johnson, Assistant Attorny-General in Washington, D.C. That letter starts out as follows: "Pursuant to the Canandaigua Treaty of 1794, and to our original request of July 2, 1974 and August 19, 1974, we ask you to take appropriate actions to maintain the removal of non-Indians from the Onondaga Territory effected by the Onondaga Nation pursuant to our Houdenosaunee Laws, Customs, and Usage.” The…