Our view: Cayuga Nation must resolve to end internal feud

The leadership dispute at the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York has had many noteworthy twists over the past several years, and last week certainly qualified as another.

A couple of Cayuga Nation members could be seen sitting under a tent near the entrance to the Finger Lakes Drive-In with signs promoting the sale of cigarettes. They stored the tobacco products on some land behind the drive-in, accessible by a newly created access road to the west of the drive-in ticket booth. And the men behind the operation executed a real estate transaction using the Cayuga Nation's name to obtain the section of land from the drive-in's owner for free.

The two rival factions that make up the federally recognized leadership council for the Cayugas both renounced the move, saying no one gave authorization to Cayuga citizens Dustin "Dusty" Parker, of the Heron Clan, and Jason Silversmith, of the Snipe Clan.

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