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23 – Consent of Agent to Certain Contracts.

§ 23. Consent of agent to certain contracts. Every contract which shall be made without the written consent of the agent of the Onondaga Indians, by any person other than an Indian, with any Indian of the Onondaga tribe, or with any Indian of any other nation or tribe residing or living with such Indians, […]

16 – Indian Settlement Agreements.

§ 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 supersede any inconsistent laws and regulations.

24 – Leases.

§ 24. Leases. An Indian residing on the Onondaga reservation and a member of the Onondaga tribe, owning or possessed of improved lands therein, may lease such lands to white persons, for a term not to exceed ten years; but no individual Indian shall have the right to lease any lands to be used as […]

17 – .

§ 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 meetings of any nation, tribe or band of Indians, no member of the feminine sex being a member of such nation, tribe or band shall be disqualified by sex […]

26 – Plank-Road on Reservation.

§ 26. Plank-road on reservation. All Indians residing on the Onondaga reservation, or belonging to the Onondaga tribe, shall, as to the portion of the Syracuse and Tully plank-road constructed upon such reservation, and as to all gates erected within the bounds thereof, pass free of any charge or toll.

18 – Fire Corporations.

§ 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 upon the Seneca Indian reservations, or any part thereof, subject to the approval of the Council of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Such corporations shall be […]

19 – Fire Protection Contracts.

§ 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 a contract or contracts whereby such city, town, village, fire district or incorporated fire company for a stated consideration, agrees to provide fire protection upon […]

13 – Powers of Departments of Charities and Education in Relation to Indians.

§ 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 any nation, tribe or band of Indians, or any individual Indian or his descendants, except moneys under […]

13-A – Payments for Indians.

§ 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 of receiving it because of incompetency or infancy said payment shall be made to the attorney or agent of the tribe of which said incompetent […]

14 – Trust Funds for Indians.

§ 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 state, any sums of money which such Indians may wish to put in trust with the state of New York, upon condition that the […]