BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Seneca Indian Nation will stop sharing its casino revenue with New York state at the end of the month after turning over $1.4 billion over the last 14 years, the western New York tribe said ...

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SALAMANCA (AP) — The Seneca Indian Nation’s next business venture could be medical marijuana. Members of the western New York tribe approved a referendum Tuesday giving leaders the go-ahead to draft laws and regulations governing the manufacturing, use and distribution ...

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SALAMANCA — The Seneca Indian Nation is weighing whether to get into the medical marijuana business. Members of the western New York tribe are set to vote Tuesday on a referendum that would allow the tribal council to draft laws ...

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NEW YORK — An appeals court has upheld a lower-court’s rejection of a lawsuit challenging the Seneca Indian Nation’s right to operate a casino in Buffalo. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Manhattan ruled Tuesday. It rejected ...

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BUFFALO — A three-person panel has been appointed to arbitrate a dispute between the Seneca Indian Nation and New York state that is holding up payment of $460 million in gambling profits to the state and three cities where the ...

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LITTLE VALLEY — The Seneca Indian Nation in western New York intends to spend $1 million to combat drug abuse, addiction and crime. The Dunkirk Observer reports  that the Seneca Tribal Council approved spending the money for anti-drug abuse efforts, ...

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Seneca Nation President Robert Odawi Porter is endorsing the American Indian Empowerment Act of 2011, a bill in Congress designed to empower Indian nations and tribes to accept restricted fee tribal lands. The House bill, H.R. 3532, was introduced Nov. ...

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The Seneca Nation of Indians Tuesday released a poll of 1,000 Western New Yorkers that shows overwhelming support for the Nation’s gaming operations and negligible backing for statewide casino gambling. In the poll’s major finding, an 84 percent majority favor ...

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State regulations to collect taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian lands are valid and enforceable, according to a recent court decision. In a decision filed Friday, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department rejected a request by the Seneca Nation of Indians ...

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BUFFALO — A power struggle within the Seneca Indian Nation in western New York has taken another turn. On Saturday, the Seneca Tribal Council voted 10-6 to remove Robert Odawi Porter as chief executive officer. But on Sunday, the Seneca ...

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BUFFALO — The Seneca Indian Nation will seek expedited arbitration to settle a dispute with New York that has held up payment of $330 million in gambling profits to the state and three cities where the tribe has casinos. Seneca ...

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The impact on Indians was not taken into consideration when the state implemented regulations for the collection of taxes on cigarettes sold to non-Indians at reservation businesses. Carol E. Heckman, a partner in Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP’s Buffalo office ...

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