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<title>Senecas reassert sovereignty; Cuomo eyes gambling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 11, 2011) Seneca Nation president Robert Odawi Porter is using an historic piece of cloth to deliver a message to New York State about native sovereignty.  He said payment of the cloth and a small sum according to an 18th century treaty symbolizes  native nations&apos; freedom from state taxation and right to land.The history lesson came on the same day that Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he is considering legalizing gambling in New York.  That would have a profound effect on native nations and tribes around the state who rely on their casinos for revenue.  Martha Foley and Dave Bullard report. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18187/20110811/senecas-reassert-sovereignty-cuomo-eyes-gambling">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Senecas fight for Kinzua dam</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 8, 2011) In southwestern New York, a battle is shaping up for one of the Northeast’s great hydropower complexes.  The Kinzua dam was built 45 years ago by the federal government.  In the process, dozens of homes and sacred sites belonging to the Seneca Indian Nation were flooded.Today, the Seneca Nation is making a bid to take ownership of the dam.  It’s created an energy company from scratch.  And it’s investing heavily in its bet to beat out the company that currently runs the dam in the federal dam relicensing process.  As the Innovation Trail’s Daniel Robison reports, tens of millions of dollars are at stake. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17744/20110608/senecas-fight-for-kinzua-dam">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Senecas seek dam to redress &quot;historic injustice&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 3, 2010) Forty-five years ago, the federal government built the Kinzua dam on the Alleghany River, just south of the New York border in northwestern Pennsylvania.  The government said it was needed to control flooding in the Pittsburgh area.150 families from the Seneca Nation were forcibly removed from the area.  Their homes were burned and bulldozed.  Their sacred longhouse and burial grounds were flooded by the rising waters.This week, the Seneca Nation made a bid to become owner of the Kinzua dam.  The federal license of the current operator, FirstEnergy of Akron, Ohio, expires in 2015.  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will decide who gets a new 50-year license.Robert Odawi Porter is the Seneca Nation president.  He told David Sommerstein granting the Senecas the license to operate the Kinzua dam would correct what he calls a “grotesque injustice.” [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16771/20101203/senecas-seek-dam-to-redress-quot-historic-injustice-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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