The Cayugas always said that they did not intend to take any land from private landowners. They would have rather have taken money from the government as compensation, as they had no desire to kick anyone out of their homes.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
Every time something in the case did not go their way, the Cayugas would pull out the ejectment card and threaten to evict the landowners if the state did not settle.
In fact, the Cayugas had cross appealed the original decision awarding them money from the goverment precisely because the court had ruled out ejectment of the landowners.
Granted, the Cayugs would state that they preferred to take land from "willing sellers," but based on how these things work, only the first few sellers are willing.
In a typical land claim scenario, the tribe "checkerboards" their purchases, buying noncontiguous properties for high prices. Then they declare those noncontigous properties "sovereign," and stop paying taxes on them. They also stop obeying state and local regulations, such as zoning, environmental and gaming laws. At the same time, however, the municipalities are required to provide government services.
This allows them to unfairly compete with other businesses and drive down the value of remaining properties. Eventually, the other landowners are forced to sell at bargain prices.
This is, in fact, what the Cayugas were in the process of doing in Seneca and Cayuga counties until they lost the land claims.
Now, they are trying to petition the feds to allow them to establish a reservation by regulatory fiat instead.
I know, but as you can see from my esteemed fellow poster, local residents were, shall we say, rather skeptical of such claims by the Senecas. Not entirely unreasonably, IMO.