Indian Tribes

Lawyers for Indian tribes are in federal court today to make a last-ditch effort to stop legislation taxing reservation cigarette sales to non-Indian customers.

BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A federal judge temporarily blocked New York state Wednesday from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian tribes. New York - United States - Indian tribe - Seneca nation - Tax

Throwing a wrench in Governor Paterson's plan to collect cigarette taxes on cigarettes from Indian Tribes starting today , a Buffalo judge ruled yesterday that the Seneca and Cayuga tribes would not have to pay cigarette sales taxes for at least two weeks. But that doesn't mean all tribes are safe. Paterson spokeswoman Jessica Bassett told the Times Union that "it will be against the law for ...

In a settlement expected today, the state attorney general will admit that the now-defunct Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs violated the state Open Meetings Act in failing to give public notice for its June 19 meeting.

State tax collection on cigarette sales by New York's Indian tribes was put off indefinitely today after a ruling from a state appeals judge in Rochester.