New York Indian Law Article 6 - The Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda Reservation

  • 80 - General Powers and Duties of Council.
    The council of the Tonawanda nation may determine upon the laying out and working of roads and highways, and may make by-laws for the regulation...
  • 81 - Attorney.
    1. The state department of social services shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Tonawanda nation of Indians, an attorney and counsellor of...
  • 82 - Vacancies in Elective Offices.
    If a vacancy shall occur in any office of the Tonawanda nation, any chief of such nation may call a special meeting of the chiefs...
  • 83 - Leases for Agricultural Purposes.
    1. Any Indian who is a member of the Tonawanda nation and who resided on the Tonawanda reservation may, with the approval of the council...
  • 84 - Leases for the Extraction of Minerals, Oil or Natural Gas.
    The council of the Tonawanda nation, with the approval of the attorney for the nation, may by lease give the right to explore land located...
  • 86 - Payment of Annuity.
    The proportionate share of such nation to the annuity of five hundred dollars, agreed to be paid by the state of New York under a...
  • 87 - Indian Trespasses on Common Land.
    If any Indian of the Tonawanda nation shall occupy any of the common lands of his nation without having obtained from the council an allotment...
  • 88 - Encroachment by Indians on Occupied Lands.
    Whenever complaint shall be made to the peacemakers of the Tonawanda reservation, by any Indians lawfully residing upon any cultivated lands of such reservation which...
  • 89 - Court of Impeachment.
    The court of impeachment, as provided by the constitution of the Seneca nation, shall be called together by the clerk of the nation, upon a...
  • 90 - Poles and Wires on Reservation.
    Any company may erect poles and wires, and other necessary fixtures thereto, across the lands of the Seneca Indians on the Tonawanda reservation, provided the...

Last modified: February 3, 2019