Research archive / Seneca Treaties & Land Use Research
Research Project Roadmap
A staged, evidence-led program connecting Phase 1 findings to proposed Phase 2 work, decision gates and future property-specific diligence.
Phase 1 completedPhase 2 pausedICM source and approval gates
Authorization boundary. Phase 1 is the recorded completed research stage. Phase 2's October 14 pause was lifted October 18, 2026. IT-R01 and IT-R02 now have substantive interim public-source research checkpoints; none of the eight work packages is complete. Paid records, third-party outreach, counsel and transaction advice remain outside the public-source approval.
Program status
01
Phase 1 · Foundation
Completed Oct 14
Treaties, jurisdiction, taxation, six registers and map exhibits. Conclusions retain explicit exceptions.
IT-R01: 2006 SEC agreement and 2023 compact extension. IT-R02: Oct 14 federal remand and original parcel/docket leads. Original deed and full DOI status still missing.
The version shown in the site's shared subtitle is the public publication edition. It is separate from the historical platform capability milestones v1.0–v1.9 listed below, and separate from the dates and finality of legal research reports. The platform rows are retained for auditability; they do not determine the live public edition.
Publication edition
Date and public change
Roadmap/workstream reconciliation
Source cutoff effect
v1.1.0 · Current
October 18, 2026 · Public-facing corrections, first-visitor navigation, social previews, source links, selected timeline and GIS/editorial acceptance tests
Reader experience and research-publication maintenance; no Phase 2 completion represented
Phase 1 original report unchanged; new timeline additions individually sourced
v1.0.2
October 18, 2026 · High-contrast timeline/controls and release-version governance
No new treaty/title findings; existing original research cutoff unchanged
v1.0.1
October 18, 2026 · Public version subtitle and linked revision history
Reader-facing provenance and change-disclosure implementation
No new legal findings
v1.0.0 · Baseline
October 18, 2026 · Five-territory publication, GIS references, related dossiers
Territorial coverage expansion and map evidence desk; independent from historical v1.0–v1.6 platform milestones
New qualified introductory dossiers; original Phase 1 snapshot retained
Mandatory protocol for every publication release
Identify scope: change request must name the affected roadmap work package or platform maintenance item, evidence status, and source cutoff.
Classify the edition: PATCH for styling/corrections/maintenance, MINOR for new publicly released research or functions, MAJOR for significant edition overhaul. Increment monotonically before requesting a production merge; never silently reset or reuse a number.
Reconcile three public artifacts: update the shared header's VERSION, the newest dated revision-history entry, and the current Roadmap Publication Release Register in the same release PR.
Preserve evidentiary history: identify changed legal findings, newly verified sources, unresolved questions and source-retrieval dates. Do not present technical release status as attorney-verified research.
Gate the release: run consistency/monotonicity validations, editorial source and privacy QA, browser/contrast/accessibility checks, then merge only after approval; verify Render deployment and the public subtitle.
No change, no bump: rerunning the same release without changes must preserve the edition. Any changed public page/content, including errata, requires a recorded edition bump. Rollbacks receive an explicit dated entry instead of reusing an older public number.
Accountability: Golden Eagle Studios LLC controls release authorization; an automated release test verifies consistency but never independently authorizes new substantive legal conclusions.
Website Development Roadmap
Technical implementation and research are separate workstreams
Historical platform series, not the live publication edition: The following v1.0–v1.9 labels track site-capability milestones created before publication-wide versioning began. These original labels are preserved for provenance. The current reader-visible publication version is v1.1.0 above. A deployed webpage does not certify the title, current legal status, funding, land-use or jurisdiction of a specific property.
Version
Platform milestone
Technical status
Research dependency
v1.0
Public research dashboard, Phase 1 report, six registers and checkpoint
Deployed
Existing Phase 1 source snapshot
v1.1
Historical timeline, developer log, ICM roadmap and LLC copyright control
Deployed
Existing Phase 1 evidence
v1.2
Evidence Explorer, 131 record links and CSV export
Deployed
Existing register records
v1.3
Seventeen parcel dossier records and research-gap checklist
Deployed · v1.6 release verified
Phase 2 IT-R02 for certified status updates
v1.4
Geographic evidence desk; official GIS on demand; historical map source separation
Deployed · live GIS response not independently checked
Official deeds, surveys and federal exhibits for status overlays
v1.5
Seven instrument treaty library with legal-character distinctions
Deployed · v1.6 release verified
Subsequent historical/legal records under relevant Phase 2 scope
v1.6
66-source authority library and Phase 2 readiness/ICM handoff audit
Deployed · v1.6 release verified
Phase 2 approval/verification, not a live citator
v1.7
Land-use, permits and contracting matrix populated from verified Phase 2
Deferred until research
IT-R03 and IT-R04
v1.8
Leasing, financing and contractual enforceability comparisons
Deferred until research
IT-R05 and IT-R06
v1.9
Update workflow, source version history and publication controls
Partially implemented in publication edition v1.0.2; automated source-refresh workflow remains future work
The Chairman authorized Phase 2 on October 18, 2026. Public-source work on IT-R01 and IT-R02 is active. Every remaining work package and paid third-party action retains its stated scope and acceptance controls. Source records and actual approvals remain the system of record.
Work IDs are provisional project tracking labels, not live Golden Eagle OS assignment IDs.
IT-R01Active — interim
Current gaming compact & 2006 Buffalo agreement
Confirm currently operative compact and renewals; analyze the 2006 agreement, appendices, approvals, immunity and survival provisions.