MASSENA -- Town officials will meet today to discuss a pending Mohawk land claim settlement with representatives of St. Lawrence County and the Massena and St. Lawrence Central school districts, Town Supervisor Joseph Gray said this afternoon.

"I was called by the county on Monday and asked to get the town board to meet," Gray said via telephone. "I have no idea what it involves, besides land claims."

An email from Gray says no action will be taken afterward.

Last May, the tribe and state struck a deal to start land claim negotiations in exchange for the tribe resuming paying the state 25 percent of its annual slot machine revenue, 25 percent of which goes to St. Lawrence and Franklin counties. They also agreed to pay half of $60 million they have held in escrow since 2010. They claimed the state allowed an allegedly illegal casino to operate on Ganienkeh territory in Altona, in violation of their deal with the state to exclusively operate a casino in northern New York.

The tribe has been suing for ownership of several areas of St. Lawrence and Franklin counties they say were granted to them in a failed 2005 settlement.

It includes former reservation land the tribe says was illegally sold to the state in the 19th century, including the so-called "Bombay Triangle," a 3,000-acre area of northern Bombay. The 2005 settlement also included a small area in Rooseveltown, 3,000 acres in Brasher and a large chunk of Fort Covington, starting at Pike's Creek and extending into the downtown area.

The tribe is also seeking free SUNY tuition for tribe members, a $2 million annual payment from the New York Power Authority for the next 35 years and 9 megawatts of reduced-rate electricity from NYPA.

The original land claim suit from the 1980s, which has been in the courts ever since, also included areas of the town and village of Massena, but its not clear if that has been on the bargaining table.