A Cattaraugus County contractor can proceed with its lawsuit against a Niagara County golf course that is a subsidiary of the sovereign Seneca Nation of Indians. The Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 decision, has ruled the Lewiston Golf Course ...

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The Seneca Nation of Indians says it won’t try to get approval for a casino on a 32-acre site it recently purchased in Henrietta. Local media report that Seneca President Barry Snyder Jr. wrote a letter last week to Monroe ...

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A three-person arbitration panel, chaired by former state Court of Appeals Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, will begin work early next month to determine if New York violated the Seneca Nation of Indians’ exclusive right to casino gaming under its ...

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Union leaders representing more than 5,000 Western New York construction workers are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to settle disagreements with the Seneca Nation of Indians and start the $28.5 million reconstruction of 11.5 miles of the Southern Tier Expressway in ...

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Syracuse University’s Western New York Alumni Association on Sunday honored Seneca Nation President Robert Odawi Porter with a distinguished alumnus award for a local graduate. Porter graduated from Syracuse with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics ...

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The Seneca Nation of Indians and Seneca Gaming Corp. Tuesday unveiled a re-designed $130 million Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino on the Nation’s 9.5 acre territory in Buffalo. The project, due to finish in mid-2013, is expected to provide approximately 600 ...

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SALAMANCA — The Seneca Nation of Indians Council voted Saturday to ban the sale and distribution of synthetic marijuana, bath salts and drug-use paraphernalia on its five territories. The drug regulation vote, according to a release, has nothing to do ...

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SALAMANCA — The Seneca Nation of Indians is convening a daylong meeting with economic development leaders from New York and Pennsylvania. Thursday's meeting will focus on collaboration between the western New York tribe and officials ...

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SALAMANCA — Syracuse University law school professor Robert Odawi Porter has been elected president of the Seneca Nation of Indians in western New York. Seneca Nation officials say Porter defeated Maurice A. John Sr. ...

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A New York appeals court has held off deciding whether to extend or lift an order blocking the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores to non-Indian customers.

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BUFFALO — U.S. District Court Judge Richard Arcara has extended his order blocking the state’s plans to tax reservation cigarette sales to non-Indian customers as lawyers on both sides line up witnesses for the court fight.

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A federal judge Friday will hear arguments on why the Seneca Nation of Indians should not collect taxes on cigarettes sold on tribal lands to non Indians. The nation is seeking an injunction ...

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