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Monday, May 27, 2013  A state-brokered agreement with the Oneida Indians involving land claims and gambling rights will be considered this week by legislators in Oneida County.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  An upstate New York high school changing its sports nickname from Redskins to Hawkeyes is getting help from the Oneida Indians to buy new jerseys

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Turning Stone has tapped the talents of a piano man with 20 years of experience in film, music, and theatre to help celebrate its 20th anniversary.  Harry Connick Jr. and his band will take the stage July 3 at 8 p.m., performing songs from their new album, "Every Man Should Know."

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Former Gov. Mario Cuomo is helping the Oneida Indian Nation celebrate the 20th anniversary of the compact that led to New York's first Indian casino.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Ray Halbritter, Nation Representative and CEO of Oneida Nation Enterprises, has spoken out in an op-ed piece for the Daily News, called “Get That Indian Off Your Uniform,” about the need to address the inherent racism that comes with having a Native American as a school or team mascot.

Sunday, February 17, 2013  Students want to drop 'Redskins' mascot name

Thursday, October 18, 2012  The TS Steakhouse at Turning Stone will be open to the public on November 14.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  The Oneida Nation’s "Allies in War, Partners in Peace" exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian is adding a multimedia exhibit.

Friday, February 25, 2011  Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter is scheduled to meet with several movie studios to promote central New York as a film location.

Monday, August 23, 2010  The fallout continues from comments New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made that has Native Americans around the state fuming.

Friday, August 20, 2010  It sounds like something out of a Wild Western movie and it's pitting the Mayor of New York City against Indian Nations throughout the state.