BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Seneca Nation recently received a legal victory in its ongoing land dispute with New York State and the New York State Thruway Authority.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Roemer issued a recommendation to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York in favor of the Seneca Nation, saying that New York State "violated federal law when it attempted to obtain a right-of-way in 1954 without federal approval." He also recommended the court to declare the previous judgment used by the state to construct the thruway on Seneca Nation lands to be void, and to order the state and Seneca Nation to negotiate terms on a new agreement.

“With each day that passes and each vehicle that travels the Thruway through Seneca Territory, the State benefits from the illeg

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