Oneida Casino history

1807- First Christian Party of Oneidas

1809- Albany- Christian Party sold 7,500 acres for $1,600 and an annuity of $120.

1810- Albany-Christian Party sold land for $800 and an annuity based on 6% of 50 cents per acre.

1811- Albany- Christianity Party sold another tract for $600 plus a 5% annuity based on an acre price of 50 cents.

1812- Index of Awards, Soldiers of the War

March 3, 1815- Christian Party released several acres at $1 per acre.

March 27, 1817- Christian Party sold 600 acres to obtain funds to build a church

1818- Treaty with first Christian party

1821– Reverend Eleazor Williams who originally from Michigan and made a treaty between the Oneida and Menominee/Winnebago.

1822– The Menominee negotiated 9 million acres of land to the Oneida Tribe in Wisconsin.

September 1st, 1823- The first Oneida people arrive in Wisconsin.

1825– The first holy Apostles Episcopal Church was built in Wisconsin and all the Northwest territory.

1827- Albany- Orchard Party sold land for $3.50 an acre.

1828- Second Christian Party of Oneidas

1830- Albany- Orchard Party sold land for $1,200.

1831 – Memorial of Daniel Bread to Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1832 – Journal of George B. Porter, Governor of the Territory of Michigan and superintendent of Indian Affairs, on his visit to Green Bay

1834– Albany- Oneida Orchard Party sold more land for $1,400.

1835– January 29th Letter to Judge Jerring Red Commissioner

1836– August 13th Journal of the Speeches of the Menominees and New York Indians

1837– Land Office Business

January 3, 1838– Buffalo Creek Treaty- gave 1.8 million acres of land to move the Oneidas to Kansas City, Missouri.

From the American Revolution onward, the tribe's homeland in New York shrunk from about six million acres to 4,500 acres by 1839.

1840– February 24th Wisconsin Oneida Chiefs to Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1842– March 7th Letter to Henry Dodge from Solomon Davis

1843– September 12th Letter to F. Marthly Crawford from Solomon Davis

1844– Annual Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs

(From 1785 to 1846 a total of 26 treaties were made by which the State of New York acquired almost all of the Oneida lands within the state.

1850– July 5th Letter to Doctor Haight

1851– January 24th Letter to Power of Attorney From Daniel Bread to John T. Cocheram

1853– March 10th Letter From Calvin Davis

1856– Letter to the Commissioner of the Indian Affairs

1863– March 26th Letter to Lyman C Draper From EA Goodhough

1866– William Beauchsmp Scrapbook Series

1867– Green Bay Agency Records

1869– June 25th Letter to M.L. Martin United States Indian Agent

1870– Work began to build a larger church made out of stone.

1872– Project Canterbury A month among the Indian Missions and Agencies on the Missouri River

1874 – $25 Flyer for evidence sufficient to secure the conviction. (Any person, for selling, giving, or disposing of spirituous liquors or wines)

Being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875.

1879 – Enclosing letter from the office of Indian Affairs to Joseph C. Bridgman.

1880– Annual Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1882– January 19th Letter to the Oneida Chiefs

1883– Letter to Indian Affairs

1885– Letter from Hudd and Wingman

1886– Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior

1887– Letter to the Green Bay Agency Asking for copies of the law of 1887

1888– Letter from Department of the Interior (General Land Office)???????

1890– Annual Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1891– John C. Hart set aside 80 acres (located at the Norbert Hill Center) for the Oneida Boarding School.

1892– George Doxtator sold 38 acres, located next to the future Oneida Boarding School to the United States School Reserve which totaled 118 acres for the Oneida boarding school.

1893– The Oneida Boarding School (located on the Norbert Hill Site ) officially opened.

1898- Oneida Hospital opens.

1899– Then Coming of the New York Indians

1909– Complaints of Amos Baird and Paul Doxtator (Hobart Tax Collecting)

1910– Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1914– Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1917– Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1919– Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1922– Letter to Joseph M. Smith, Henry Doxtator

1923– Sale of the School and Land

1924– Seminary purchases land set aside for “school purposes.”

1925– Department of Interior Indian Affairs Unclaimed Letter of Wilson Cornelius

1932– Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1934– Indian Reorganization Act/JOM, Established the blood quantum of 1/4

1935- Mark N. Powless served as Chairman under the State Charter.

1936- Morris Wheelock Chairman under State Charter.

1937– Retiring Chairman of the Oneida Council

1940– Bureau of Indian Affairs

1941– Hyson Doxtator Stone Church

1943– Mary Winder to Charles H. Bersy

1947– Department of the Interior Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1948– New York Indian Agency to Commissioner of Indian Affairs

1951-52- Andrew Beechtree elected Chairman.

1952-54- Dennison Hill elected Chairman.

1954- Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs about withdrawal of Federal Guardianship

1956- Indian Affairs Conference “Jerry Hill Info About Termination”

1959- Plans for the Formation of an Oneida area Community Committee

1960- Comparison of position of project coordinator for vista between Oneida and Menominee

1961- Collection funds under Treaty of November 11th, 1794

1963– Oneida Housing Authority Formed.

1964- Purchase order from Alron sales company (treaty cloth) Please send acknowledgement

1966- Status Report of the working committee of the force on Indian Affairs of Economic Opportunity Council

1967- Letter on how claim money should be spent as one or individual

1968– GLITC formed headstart for the school Added the Food Distribution Program Received a 701 Planning Grant.

1969- Interview with Kerron Barnes for vista project coordinator

1972- The Oneida Headstart Center was selected in 1972 as one of the two Headstart Centers on a Indian reservation throughout the country to serve as a Demonstration Center. (OEDP)

1973- Oneida Post Office opens at the Schroeder building.

June 26 1976- The Post Office, Youth Training Center and Arts/Crafts building was dedicated.

1977- June 3rd Native American Rights Fund “Letter to Gordon, a meeting with Lawrence and Suzan”

January 1978- The Oneida Nursing Home, which accepted its first residents in January 1978, nine months later reached full occupancy.

1979 – The Oneida Museum opens

1980- Land Claims (To: Purcell Powless)

1981- Try to Sell Cigs without Tax

May 1, 1982- First Oneida One Stop on Highway 54, opens with convenience grocery, gasoline and cigarette outlets.

1983- Granda Royale Hotel Deep Pocket Partners

April 5, 1984– Bureau of Indian affairs Loan Guaranty for $8.7 million for the Rodeway Inn.

July 10, 1985– Footings began to be poured during the week of July 10 and July 17, 1985.

September 30, 1986– Wipflip, Ullrich, Bertelson has been conducting the annual CPA audits for Oneida Airport Hotel Corporation and Oneida Realty Group Since FY86. (Radisson Timeline, Pat Lassila)

March 20, 1987– Management contract between MHM, Inc. and Oneida Airport Hotel Corporation for management of hotel.

The agreement calls for the Tribe to pay Brown County $1,600 a month for the service. (Kalihwisaks, December 14, 1988, page1)

1989- Franklin L. Cornelius Bio

January 1, 1991– Lases between 1st American Games and Oneida Airport Hotel Corporation for gaming area in Radisson Inn.

May 12, 1992– MHM, Inc. merges with Richfield Hotel Management and asks Oneida Airport Hotel Corporation to sign an “Assignment & Assumption of Management Agreement”. To date OAHC has not acted on this agreement. (Radisson Timeline, Pat Lassila)

July 1993– The Oneida Office of land Management officially begins the DREAM Loan Program. (DREAM stands for Direct Real Estate and Mortgage Program). The Tribe will purchase existing residential homes within the Oneida reservation.

March 25, 1994– Groundbreaking ceremony for the Oneida Daycare Canter located on Highway 172 and South Overland Drive. (Kalihwisaks, March 29, 1994)

May 31, 1995- Bay Bank project complete.

The plant will ne 170,000 square feet on the first level for production, and a second floor of 27,000 square feet for administrative space. (Kalihwisaks, February 24, 1996, page8) (Check source!!!)

September 26, 1997- The Oneida Library has a grand re-opening due to an expansion of an additional 2,500 square feet. (Kalihwisaks, October 2, 1997, page 1)

May 1998- S&L Motors project complete

May 10, 1999– Ground purification ceremony for the Oneida Post Office.