Nation official faces charge of harassment

July 17, 2002
By Glenn Coin
Staff writer

Clint Hill, a member of the Oneida Indian Nation Men's Council, has been ordered to appear in court on charges he harassed a political opponent of the nation leadership. A criminal summons against Hill was issued Friday by Oneida City Court Judge Anthony Eppolito. The charge is second-degree harassment, a violation, Oneida city Police Chief David Meeker said. Hill and his lawyer will meet with Oneida police today, Meeker said.

An Oneida Nation-owned newspaper, Indian Country Today, reported that Hill failed a mandatory, random drug test last month. Hill agreed not to participate in Men's Council meetings until a September clan meeting that will decide his fate, the paper reported. A nation spokesman declined to comment. Hill did not return a phone call to his nation office Tuesday. His lawyer, Gerald Taylor, did not return a phone call Tuesday.

The harassment charge stems from an incident July 7, when two residents of Oneida say Hill jumped out of his vehicle and charged them. Diane Schenandoah said in an affidavit that Hill slammed into her several times, knocking her toward her mother, Maisie Shenandoah.

Maisie Shenandoah fell to the ground, according to her affidavit. She said she went to the emergency room at Oneida Healthcare Center, where she was treated for multiple bruises.

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