Oenga case conclusion delayed, again
(WASHINGTON) -- The Oenga trial against British Petroleum and the BIA took place in Seattle at the end of July but no conclusion was reached. The family of Andrew Oenga had hoped for a settlement before it went to court.
Grand Traverse Band joins Asian carp lawsuit
(MICHIGAN) -- The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians filed a motion Tuesday to join Michigan and the Great Lakes states in a lawsuit regarding the concern of Asian Carp. It's the first motion by a tribe to join the litigation.
Court Blocks New York Tax on Tribal Cigarette Sales
(NEW YORK) -- A state law to tax cigarettes sold by Indian tribes in New York had barely gotten off the ground on Wednesday when a state appellate court judge brought it to a halt, blocking an effort that Gov. David A. Paterson said could help stabilize the state’s finances.
Suit alleges abuse at SD tribal detention center
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- A boy's guardian has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the federal government alleging the child was branded with a hot nail and sexually assaulted by another boy while being held at a tribal detention center.
Appellate court halts tribal tax collections
(NEW YORK) -- The Seneca Indian Nation won a temporary restraining order on Wednesday in state Appellate Court in Rochester, barring the state from enforcing the collection of cigarette taxes on Indian merchants.
Tribes win cigarette tax delay
(NEW YORK) -- Just as state tax agents were preparing to act on the Legislature's and Gov. David Paterson's decision to collect taxes from Native American cigarette merchants, a federal court judge in Buffalo on Tuesday gave a reprieve to at least two Indian nations.
Judge blocks part of NY tax on tribal cigarettes
(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked New York state's plans to tax cigarette sales by two American Indian nations to non-Indian customers while the tribes challenge the policy shift as a threat to sovereignty and their financial well-being.
Seneca Cigarette Taxes On Hold; Rallies Not
(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked New York state's plans to tax cigarette sales by two American Indian nations to non-Indian customers while the tribes challenge the policy shift as a threat to sovereignty and their financial well-being.
Senecas gain cigarette tax reprieve
(NEW YORK) -- The Seneca Nation of Indians won a temporary reprieve Tuesday in its battle to prevent the state from collecting taxes on cigarette sales to non-Indians.
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