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Anderson, a member of the Tuscaroran tribe, started the Smokin Joes Trading Post company in 1985 out of his unheated trailer. [1] [2] The company employed tax loopholes to sell tobacco and gasoline products on New York reservations, [3] first establishing a Smokin Joes Brand cigarette production facility on the Tuscarora reservation in 1994 before expanding production to other reservations.
At the same time, the founding of Ganienkeh was related to Mohawk local issues, as some families wanted to leave the reservation environment. They found it had problems with alcohol and substance abuse, among other issues. [5] The three-year armed occupation of the camp ended in 1977 after nearly 200 negotiation sessions with New York state ...
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post in which I mentioned New York's plans to raise taxes on cigarettes. Well, the bill passed, and cigarettes are now $9 a pack in New York City. While this is sure to ...
This is a list of Indian reservations in the U.S. state of New York. Allegany (Cattaraugus County) Cattaraugus (Erie County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County) Cayuga Nation of New York (Seneca County) Oil Springs (Cattaraugus County, Allegany County) Oneida Indian Nation (Madison County) Onondaga (Onondaga County) Poospatuck (Suffolk County)
Camp Kunatah: Greater New York Councils: Camp Lee: Camp Loyalty: Camp Merz: Camp Moss: Camp Mountaineer: Camp Nooteeming: Greater Hudson Valley Council: Sold Camp Northern Lights: Camp Onondaga: Camp Osborn: Westchester-Putnam Council: Oscawanna Corners, NY: Closed: The remaining portion of original 56 acres was sold in 1981. Camp Portaferry ...
Surprise Lake Camp is a non-profit sleepaway camp located on over 400 acres (1.6 km 2) in North Highlands, New York (approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of New York City). It is the oldest Jewish summer camp in the United States.
Clark Reservation State Park is a state park in Onondaga County, New York. The park is in Jamesville, NY, in the Town of DeWitt, south of Syracuse. It was the site of a large waterfall formed by melting glacial ice at the end of the last Ice Age; the plunge basin at the base of the old falls is now a small lake. James Macfarlane described the ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Indian reservation has a total area of 2.8 mi 2 (7.1 km 2). 2.6 mi 2 (6.8 km 2) of it is land and 0.1 mi 2 (0.4 km 2) of it (5.09%) is water. Cattaraugus Creek runs through the middle, and Lake Erie forms part of the western boundary.