New York, New York (AP)
Two wampum belts have been withdrawn from a New York City auction after the Onondaga nation raised concerns about their sale.
The belts were to be sold May 20 at Sotheby’s auction house.
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Waterloo, New York (AP)
Authorities in two upstate New York counties raided cigarette shops operated by the Cayuga Indian Nation Nov. 25.
Deputies from Cayuga and Seneca counties seized boxes of untaxed cigarettes from two Lake Side Trading convenience stores owned by the...12-04-2008, 01:00 PM -
Niagara Falls, New York (AP)
Declining revenues have led to 210 layoffs at the Seneca Indian Nation’s three western New York casinos.
The Seneca Gaming Corporation says it is also freezing the salaries of employees making $70,000 a year or more, suspending year-end bonuses...12-10-2008, 10:34 AM -
New York, New York (AP)
Troubles continue to mount for smoke shops on New York’s Indian reservations.
Suffolk County Police seized 300 cartons of cigarettes Aug. 27 from three stores on Long Island’s Poospatuck reservation after Philip Morris USA accused the stores...09-09-2009, 11:34 AM -
New York, New York (AP)
A judge has postponed a sentencing hearing for a New York cigarette dealer at the center of a dispute over the state’s power to tax tobacco sold on Indian reservations.
Rodney Morrison was convicted in 2008 of charges his smoke shop on the Poospatuck...05-06-2010, 04:33 PM -
By Ben Dobbin
Rochester, New York (AP)
The Oneida Indian Nation is relocating a cigarette factory to its reservation in central New York as part of a broad effort to keep the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian tribes.
Oneida officials say the...09-01-2010, 05:07 PM