7-A – Purchase of Lands of Indians.
§ 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 consent of the legislature.
8 – Intrusion on Tribal Lands.
§ 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 graveyard or dump of any kind, upon any lands owned or occupied by any nation, tribe or band of Indians, except the members of […]
3 – Power to Contract.
§ 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 citizens, but no land owned or occupied as the common property of any nation, tribe or band of Indians shall be conveyed otherwise than as […]
2 – New York State Indian Nations and Tribes.
§ 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, Onondaga Nation, Poospatuck or Unkechauge Nation, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Seneca Nation of Indians, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Tonawanda Band of Seneca […]
4 – Marriage and Divorce.
§ 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 applicable to Indians; and subject to the jurisdiction of the peacemakers’ courts of the Seneca nation to grant divorces, the same courts shall have jurisdiction […]
5 – Actions in State Courts.
§ 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 any court of the state to the same extent as provided by law for other actions and special proceedings.