Legal Opinion
Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of NY
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided October 31, 1998No. 1:85-cv-00411PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION and ORDER
CURTIN, District Judge.
President Washington ... met with Corn-planter, Chief of the Seneca Nation, shortly after the enactment of the 1790 [Indian Nonintercourse] Act. 1 They discussed the Senecas’ complaints about land transactions, and Washington assured them that the new statute would protect their interests. Washington told Cornplanter:
“Here, then, is the security for the remainder of your lands. No State, nor person, can purchase your lands, unless at some public treaty, held under the authority of the United States____
“If ... you have any just cause of complaint…
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