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The agreement was signed Wednesday and has the two factions agreeing not to interfere with the other's property. The two groups have been in conflict over who is the rightful leader of the nation for close to a decade.

That dispute boiled over in April, when the Unity Council seized control of Cayuga Nation businesses in Seneca Falls. The clash at times听听as the two groups struggled over Nation owned businesses both in Seneca Falls and Union Springs in the weeks that followed.

Tensions between the two groups mostly quieted after last summer, however. Since then, Halftown's group has run properties in Union Springs, including Lakeside Trading and Lakeside Entertainment, while the Unity Council controls Lakeside Trading and the Cayuga Nation office building in Seneca Falls.

Wednesday's deal puts that arrangement into writing. The two sides agree to "refrain from using violence, force or intimidation to alter the status quo with respect to present control of Cayuga Nation buildings and properties in Cayuga Nation territory." 听

The U.S. Department of Justice and federal Bureau of Indian Affairs led negotiations on the deal, along with the Nation's six-member Cayuga Nation 2006 Council. The council is the last undisputed leadership of the Cayuga Nation and thus is . The council is comprised of three people allied with the Unity Council and three people allied with Halftown. 听

In exchange for the agreement, Halftown agreed to drop an appeals claim in state court that asked the court听overturn a decision that the state could not intervene in the dispute over Nation properties

鈥淎s local and state law enforcement officials know, our group has been strongly advocating for this agreement over the past year,鈥� Halftown said in a statement released Thursday. 鈥淲e hope it brings to an end the hostilities that have plagued our Nation, our neighbors, and local law enforcement.鈥�

The Unity Council expressed similar hope.

鈥淲e hope this agreement will be a starting point for renewed efforts to use the Good Mind and the tenets of our law to resolve Haudenosaunee differences," said Chief Sam George of the Unity Council.

Despite dropping the appeal, Halftown added that his group's chances to win the appeal were good, because "this group had no right to use force to take over our offices and our store," but hoped the peace agreement showed a "shared belief that our disputes must be resolved internally."听

Unity Council spokesman Karl Hill, meanwhile, called the agreement a good start for "healing the rift in our nation."

"It's not perfect, but it ends Mr. Halftown's efforts to use the state courts against our Nation," Hill added. "And it commits each side to respecting our law, the Great Law, and to working together toward peace."