Sean Brown has been named director of the Oneida Nation’s SavOn operations. He will oversee a dozen fuel and convenience stores in the Oneida area, as well as wholesale operations. He has nearly 20 years of experience in retail. Read more »

Ryan Langone of Rome, N.Y. was named the Oneida Nation’s Employee of the Year at a recognition dinner held March 4 in The Showroom at Turning Stone Resort. Langone was awarded a trip for two to one of the following vacation destinations: Disney World, Las Vegas or the Grand Canyon. To further demonstrate the Oneida Nation’s appreciation to its employees, the Nation provided the same prize to the runner-up; Heather Light of North Bay, a public affairs specialist in the Nation’s Media Relations office. Read more »

Legal theories upon which David Vickers and Scott Peterman, leaders of Upstate Citizens for Equality, staked their credibility in efforts to rally public support against the U.S. Department of Interior's decision to accept more than 13,000 acres of Oneida Nation reservation into federal trust, have been dismissed in yet another federal court ruling. The decision was issued yesterday, March 4, by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn. The federal court rejected Vickers and Peterman's decade-long challenges to the legality of gaming at Turning Stone, which was a significant part of their opposition to Oneida trust land. The court specifically ruled against allegations that the Oneida gaming compact is invalid and that gaming cannot occur on the Oneida reservation. In so ruling, the Court -- yet again -- reaffirmed that the Oneida Nation's 300,000 acres reservation was never disestablished. Read more »

Highly publicized legal challenges by Assemblyman David Townsend, Oneida County Legislator Michael J. Hennessy and the Central NY Fair Business Association to the May 2008 decision by the U.S. Department of Interior taking take 13,000 acres of land into trust for the benefit of the Oneida Indian Nation were dealt a severe blow in a March 1 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn. The federal court upheld the constitutionality of trust land in New York State, reaffirmed that the Oneida reservation was never disestablished, rejected challenges to the legality of gaming at Turning Stone, denied challenges to the DOI's transfer of the 18 acre "Verona test site" parcel into trust, and dropped all claims against Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter. Read more »

The Oneida Indian Nation is a federally recognized Indian nation in Central New York. It is a member of the Haudenosaunee (hoe-dee-no-so-nee), known in English as the Six Nations or Iroquois Confederacy. The word Haudenosaunee means “people of the longhouse.” Read more »

The Oneida Nation's sovereign presence in Central New York and its ability to operate businesses and administer governmental services create huge positive economic benefits for this region and New York State. Since 1992, the Nation has invested more than $4 billion in its government programs and business enterprises. Read more »

July 1993: Turning Stone opens on an approximately 400-acre parcel on Nation lands in Verona (NY) 1994: A 175-site RV park is opened near the Turning Stone campus 1995: High Stakes Bingo moves from... Read more »