11-A – Recovering Possession of Reservation Land.
§ 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 of any nation, tribe or band of Indians may in the name and on behalf of such nation, tribe or band, maintain any […]
12 – Highways on Tribal Lands.
§ 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 of the reservation in their respective towns, to improve highways already laid out therein, as is conferred upon such commissioners by the highway law, […]
12-A – Indian Cemetery or Burial Grounds.
§ 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 to subdivision one of section 3.09 of the parks and recreation law provided, however, that such cemetery or burial ground is not located […]
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 […]
15 – Freedom From Toll and Ferriage.
§ 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 road, which shall have been established since April sixth, eighteen hundred and three, or which shall hereafter be established, leading from or through […]
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.
5-A – Surrender of Tribal Records.
§ 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 books, records and papers of such body entrusted to or in the custody of such officer, trustee, chief or headman shall be immediately surrendered […]
6 – Exemption of Reservation Lands From Taxation.
§ 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 remain the property of the nation, tribe or band occupying the same.