VSJ100 Paper Topics

Did you know that Niagara University use to have a golf course, cemetery and lake on campus?  It did until NU had to sell 200 acres of its land to the  New York Power Authority for $5 million in 1958 so the the Power Project could be built.

More contentious was a dispute between New York State and the Tuscarora Indian Nation that resulted in a court allowing the Power Authority to take (upon payment of "just" compensation") Tuscarora land to build the project.

Write the story of the  dispute by examining contemporary accounts:

https://ezproxy.niagara.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/search/2292459?accountid=28213

Tips:

• Not every article is relevant, but you can tell which are pretty easily. Remember to identify themes and create a coherent narrative. In other words, don't just summarize the articles, but write an interesting history.  
• Remember that the core of your paper should be based on contemporary accounts and contain numerous quotes from those accounts, allowing you to examine the positions from both sides.

• Please only use the sources listed above except to fill gaps. For example, you can use reputable web sites to:

  • Identify a person
  • Define a technical term  
  • Clarify chronology
  • Find court cases referred to
  • Find images