Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of H.R. 5367. the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990. not just as a cosponsor. but as an advocate for the right thing to do. Mr. Speaker. in the later 1800s the Seneca Nation was coerced into leasing land they owned to immigrants and settlers looking for a new life in the area now known as Salamanca. NY. These leases. as my colleague from New York pointed out. were only a few dollars a year. with no provisions for an adjustment with time. Because the Sencea Nation was locked into such leases for over a century. it has been estimated that they have lost somewhere in the neighborhood of $250 million.
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