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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)
Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies ...
Congress has discussed proposals to impose a moratorium on any new tribal-state compacts or on new Indian gaming operations. The Indian Trust Lands Reform Act was introduced in 1995 and 1997, marking an attempt to deny the Secretary of Interior the power to take additional lands in trust for Native American tribes if it were for "commercial ...
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A law to bar any tax-exempt organization in New York from receiving tax-free cigarettes went into effect June 21, 2011. The Seneca nation has repeatedly appealed the decision, continuing to do so as of June 2011, but has not gained an overturn of this law. [ 109 ]
Native Americans have lived in the New York area for at least more than 13,000 years. They initially settled in the space around Lake Champlain, the Hudson River Valley and Oneida Lake. [1] There are currently eight federally recognized Native Americans tribes in New York. [2]
Oct. 19—The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently ruled the State of Oklahoma can tax tribal citizens living on their reservations, adding to the shock waves still reverberating in the wake of the ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Indian reservation has a total area of 9.3 mi 2 (24.1 km 2). 9.2 mi 2 (24.0 km 2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2) of it (0.54%) is water. [1] New York State Route 11A is a north-south highway in the reservation.