June 20, 2023
A New York federal judge ruled that New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations on eel harvests do not unlawfully infringe on the Unkechaug Indian Nation's fishing rights on reservation lands or customary fishing waters, as the tribe and its chief alleged.
April 25, 2019
A New York federal judge has refused to toss the Unkechaug Indian Nation's suit to block a state agency from restricting its members' fishing, saying the agency and its head haven't shown they're immune to the suit and that the tribe has standing to protect its treaty rights and religious freedom.
February 28, 2019
The state of New York urged a federal court Thursday to dismiss a tribe's suit alleging the state Department of Environmental Conservation improperly restricted its fishing rights and prosecuted its members for harvesting glass eels, saying the state is immune to the action under the 11th Amendment.