New York Indian Law Article 2 - General Provisions
- 2 - New York State Indian Nations and Tribes.
The term "Indian nation or tribe" means one of the following New York state Indian nations or tribes: Cayuga Nation, Oneida Nation of New York,...
- 3 - Power to Contract.
An Indian shall be liable on his contracts not prohibited by law. An Indian may take, hold and convey real property the same as other...
- 4 - Marriage and Divorce.
The laws of the state relating to the capacity to contract marriage, the solemnization of marriage, the annulment of the marriage contract, and divorce, are...
- 5 - Actions in State Courts.
Any action or special proceeding between Indians or between one or more Indians and any other person or persons may be prosecuted and enforced in...
- 5-a - Surrender of Tribal Records.
1. At the end of the term of office of each officer, trustee, chief or headman of any nation, tribe or band of Indians, all...
- 6 - Exemption of Reservation Lands From Taxation.
No taxes shall be assessed, for any purpose whatever, upon any Indian reservation in this state, so long as the land of such reservation shall...
- 7 - Partition of Tribal Lands.
Any nation, tribe or band of Indians which owns and occupies land in this state as the common property of such nation, tribe or band...
- 7-a - Purchase of Lands of Indians.
No purchase or contract for the sale of lands of Indians in this state, shall be valid unless made under the authority, and with the...
- 8 - Intrusion on Tribal Lands.
Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall settle or reside, conduct a business, operate a junkyard, or establish or contribute to an automobile...
- 9 - Residence of Other Indians on Tribal Lands.
The chiefs, head men or councilors of any nation, tribe or band of Indians other than the Seneca nation, in council assembled, may, by a...
- 10 - Licenses to Reside Upon Tribal Lands.
A county judge of a county in which lands of any nation, tribe or band of Indians are situated, may, upon the request of such...
- 11 - Trespasses on Tribal Lands.
An action may be brought, in the name of the people of the state, against any person other than an Indian, trespassing upon tribal lands,...
- 11-a - Recovering Possession of Reservation Land.
In addition to any other remedy provided by this chapter or by any other law, the council, chiefs, trustees or headmen constituting the governing body...
- 12 - Highways on Tribal Lands.
Commissioners of highways of towns in which an Indian reservation is wholly or partly situated shall have the same power and jurisdiction over the portion...
- 12-a - Indian Cemetery or Burial Grounds.
The office of parks and recreation shall have the power to designate any Indian cemetery or burial ground as a place of historic interest pursuant...
- 13 - Powers of Departments of Charities and Education in Relation to Indians.
The department of charities shall hear and determine all questions which may arise in relation to moneys under the control of the state, belonging to...
- 13-a - Payments for Indians.
Whenever it shall appear that any person whose name shall be certified for payment of an annuity or other fund by the state is incapable...
- 14 - Trust Funds for Indians.
The departments of education and charities, respectively, for the purposes hereinafter specified, shall receive from any nation, tribe or band of Indians residing in the...
- 15 - Freedom From Toll and Ferriage.
The Indians of the Six Nations may pass and repass free of toll and ferriage, at all seasonable times of the day, on any turnpike...
- 16 - Indian Settlement Agreements.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of the Oneida Settlement Agreement referenced in section eleven of the executive law shall be deemed to...
- 17 - (Enacted Without Section Heading).
17. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other provision of this chapter limiting to members of the male sex the right to vote in elections and...
- 18 - Fire Corporations.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the members of the Seneca Nation of Indians may establish fire corporations to provide fire protection and related services...
- 19 - Fire Protection Contracts.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Seneca Nation of Indians and any city, town, village, fire district or incorporated fire company may enter into...
Last modified: February 3, 2019