$130m Expected From Indian Cigarette Taxes Stubbed Out: Awkward!

Gale Courey Toensing
January 13, 2012
The New York legislature’s scheme to bolster the state’s coffers by forcing Indian nations to collect taxes on cigarettes sold on reservations has gone up in smoke...

The Original New Yorkers

ICTMN Staff
December 24, 2011
Most everyone knows (or think they know) how Manhattan Island, today the jeweled centerpiece of New York City, was purchased by the Dutch from the Indians for $24 worth of beads an...

New York Governor's Jobs Package Expected to Support Legalizing Casino Gambling

ICTMN Staff
December 05, 2011
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new jobs package will likely recommend legalizing casino gambling in New York to create jobs and bolster the state's coffers, reported The Daily News ...

Poll on Racetrack Casinos Skewed by Incomplete Information

Gale Courey Toensing
October 31, 2011
A new poll that claims New York state residents favor allowing casino gambling at racetracks rather than expanded gaming at Indian-run facilities gave respondents inaccurate and in...
Ray Halbritter

The Real Story About American Indian Gaming in New York State

State legislative field hearings were held last week examining whether or not the State will begin the historic process of seeking to amend the New York State Constitution to allow commercialized gambling throughout the State....

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September 13, 2011

Tribes Manufacture Cigarettes to Side-Step State Tax

ICTMN Staff
August 19, 2011
Since New York began enforcing the collection of state excise taxes on premium cigarette brands sold on reservations to non-Indians in June, many tribes have started manufacturing ...

NY Governor: State Must ‘Come to Grips’ with Gambling

Gale Courey Toensing
August 11, 2011
The Oneida Indian Nation says the state has two options for expanding gaming: It can partner with Indian nations for immediate success or spend years trying to pass a law to allow ...

Two Businesses on Tuscarora Reservation Burned Down

ICTMN Staff
August 09, 2011
Last night two businesses on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation in western New York burned to the ground, reported WVIB-TV ...

Seneca Nation Pursues Catskills Casino

Gale Courey Toensing
July 18, 2011
Nation seeks fourth casino as legislators push for commercial gaming With the recent retraction of a Bush-era rule limiting off-reservation gaming, leaders of the Seneca Nation of ...

Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community Celebrates the Strawberries

Vincent Schilling
June 25, 2011
Kay Olan (Photo by Nikki Rossi) Every summer during the last weekend of June, the Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community holds a strawberry festival to give thanks to the creator that the...

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