He was a noted jazz host and radio producer in Indian country in northern New York State. But above all, Louis “Louie” Cook was a loving presence and a mentor to many...

In 1993, then New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter creating history by signing a gaming compact forged with the Oneida Indian Nation in hom...

In what is being hailed by the St...

How equitable is a solution that favors only one side of a dispute?...

A nearly five-year legal battle between the Shinnecock Indian Nation, the state of New York and the local Southampton Town has reached a turning point, or possibly an end...

A New York State Supreme Court justice has ruled that the state had no legal authority to seize and hold a shipment of untaxed cigarettes that were manufactured on Indian land and ...

While in the area on Friday, May 11 visiting student veterans at Mohawk Valley Community College in Rome, New York, Sen...

In the summer of 2011, the Altria Group, the biggest of the Big Tobacco companies and the parent company of Philip Morris USA, released a “white paper” that urged New York State to...

The Seneca Nation has asked the federal government to re-allocate $28.5 million from New York State to the Nation to repair more than eleven miles of an interstate highway that run...

A former state senator who relentlessly attacked the Seneca Nation of Indians and other indigenous communities for selling tax-free cigarettes on Indian reservations has been sente...