J4232-2011 Actions

• Apr 26, 2012: ADOPTED
• Apr 26, 2012: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• Apr 24, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J4232-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION commemorating the 170th Anniversary of the sign-
  the Buffalo Creek Treaty between the Seneca Nation of Indians and
 ited States of America on May 20, 1842

 S, With due cause and proper resolve, this Legislative Body honors
 neca Nation of Indians as it commemorates the 170th Anniversary of
 gning of the Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1842; and
 EAS, A celebratory event will be held on the historic lands of the
 o Creek reservation on Friday, May 18,  2012,  at  the  Burchfield
  Center, in West Seneca, New York; and
 EAS,  The  Buffalo  Creek Treaty event is held annually to commem-
 the signing of the 1842  Compromise  Treaty  that  recognized  and
 r  restored the Seneca Nation territories of Cattaraugus and Alle-
 o the possession of the Seneca; the celebration  memorializes  the
 icant  agreement  between the Seneca and the United States govern-
 o respect and acknowledge the sovereign lands and ensure the Sene-
 ion of Indians federally-protected treaty rights; and
 EAS, The Seneca Nation of Indians is a founding member and one  of
 ix  tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the Haudeno-
 ) who own and occupy aboriginal lands in western  New  York  State
 ere set aside by the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794; and
 EAS,  The  Seneca Nation of Indians has a total population of over
 enrolled members and currently holds title to multiple territories
 raugus, Allegany, Oil Spring, Niagara and  Buffalo)  in  New  York
  and
 EAS,  The construction of New York State's Erie Canal in the early
 - a water route linking trade and transportation between New  York
 and the Great Lakes - made nearby Haudenosaunee lands very attrac-
 o land speculators and fueled removal threats against  the  Seneca
 s; and
 EAS,  Eight  years  after  the  enactment  of  the federal "Indian
 l Act of  1830",  four  Seneca  reservations  remained:  Allegany,
 augus, Buffalo Creek, and Tonawanda; and
 EAS,  Efforts  to  remove Senecas from their lands culminated with
 gning of the notorious Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1838, in which  all
 e Seneca lands were sold to the Ogden Land Company, and the Seneca
 o move out west, to  Indian  Territory,  in  lands  that  are  now
 ; and
 EAS,  This  treaty  was  notorious,  even  at  the time, for being
 tly fraudulent as bribery, forgery, and  deception  were  used  to
  Seneca member signatures; and
 EAS, Almost immediately, the Seneca people refused to abide by the
 , and diplomatic efforts were made to negotiate a new treaty; and
 EAS, In 1842, a compromise treaty was secured, known as the Second
   of  Buffalo Creek and laid the foundation for much of the Feder-
 quois relations throughout the 19th century; and
 EAS, The Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1842 saved for the Seneca  people
 llegany  and Cattaraugus reservations, and has governed the Seneca
  for more than one and a half centuries; and
 EAS, The Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1842 guarantees the Seneca Nation
 ople sovereignty; and
 EAS, The Seneca Nation has a strong record of creating  successful
 ss  enterprises  in Western New York, employing over 6,500 members
 n-native Americans, generating over $1 billion in economic  growth
 venues to the western New York region; now, therefore, be it
 LVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 orate the 170th Anniversary of the signing of  the  Buffalo  Creek

   of  1842  between  the  Seneca  Nation of Indians and the United
  of America; and be it further
 LVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
 d  to Robert Odawi Porter, President of the Seneca Nation of Indi-
 iane Kennedy Murth, Clerk of the Seneca  Nation  of  Indians;  and
 d Nephew, Chair of the Seneca Nation Council.