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A historic transfer: Onondaga Nation regains land and tradition
by Conor Wight
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Over 1,000 acres of land returned to Onondaga Nation for creation of wildlife sanctuary (CNY Central)
TULLY, N.Y. —

The Onondaga Creek flows quietly through Tully. It’s a slow-moving stretch of water part of a settlement making waves. It’s the first time in New York state that a substantial portion of land has been returned to an Indian nation

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In one of the largest land returns to an indigenous people in 200 years, the Onondaga Nation is recovering over a thousand acres of land. New York State and federal officials have signed a resolution directing Honeywell International, which was responsible for restoring land and waterways after dumping mercury and other chemicals into Onondaga Lake for decades, to turn over land that includes forest area and swampland to the Onondaga Nation.

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