Representatives from the Onondaga Nation, Oneida Indian Nation, Department of Environmental Conservation, Rogers Center, and Clear Path for Veterans stand by the newly planted Three Sisters Garden.

The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrunk their territory from a 2.5-million-acre expanse in New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse.

The nation's case involves a roughly 40-mile-wide strip of land running down the center of upstate New York from Canada to Pennsylvania. The Onondagas hope the case spurs negotiations that could ...

The nation's case involves a roughly 40-mile-wide strip of land running down the center of upstate New York from Canada to Pennsylvania.

The nation’s case involves a roughly 40-mile-wide (65-kilometer-wide) strip of land running down the center of upstate New York from Canada to Pennsylvania.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Onondaga Nation has regained 1,000 acres of its ancestral land, a tiny portion of the land members say was unjustly taken by the state beginning in the 18th century.

The Onondaga Nation has regained 1,000 acres of its ancestral land in upstate New York.