Indian Affairs

It is well established in federal law that Indian Tribes exercise civil regulatory jurisdiction over roadways that traverse sovereign reservation lands. Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s administration has long ignored necessary Thruway repairs along the Interstate 90 as it traverses the Seneca

Six Nations Elected Councillor Mark Hill plans to run for Chairman of the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) later this year.  Early this year, when news of Councillor Hill’s candidacy for Chairman broke, it ignited a community conversation about privilege and influence

The longtime administrator of the Six Nations Reserve, the most populous First Nations community in Canada, was charged with the criminal assault of an indigenous woman from Ohsweken, ON, following a Superior Court hearing in Brantford yesterday. Canadians from coast

Sovereign immunity is a tenant of international law that says that the rulers of one State cannot be pursued by the Courts of another State for criminal or civil prosecution.  It stems from the notion in English common law that

Observers of indigenous politics are calling it the next ‘Standing Rock‘ — and protest camps are expected to grow all summer long — during a Parliamentary election year, to boot. On May 28th, citizens of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy barricaded the Six Nations

Last fall the Seneca Gaming Corporation, under the direction of CEO Holly Gagnon, greenlighted a $40 million renovation plan to what is, ostensibly, the front entrance to the venue, Sixth Street and the Seneca Niagara Casino’s access road to  Daily

To understand the outrage that is being directed at Chief Ava Hill, who leads the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC), you must first understand the deep and profound political schism that has long defined the Six Nations community’s politics.  The

OHSWEKEN, ON — Ron Jamieson is an enrolled member of the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve and is currently a partner with the financial services intermediary First Canadian Property Investments Ltd., which he co-owns with two non-Aboriginal partners: Derek

President Donald J. Trump‘s Department of the Interior is issuing approvals for new off-reservation casino projects.  Despite an increasingly competitive gaming industry, some Tribes are advancing new projects — but not here in New York State, where Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s

Six Nations’ Councilman Mark Hill is planning to run for Chief of the Grand River Reserve in Ohsweken, ON, the largest First Nations community in Canada.  Hill is the nephew of businessman Kenny Hill, a co-founder of Grand River Enterprises,

Buffalo developer Larry Quinn has, at times, been a catalytic force for change in Western New York — whether in real estate, major league sports, or education policy.  He is universally respected across the political spectrum, perhaps aside from small

Urban designers have long bemoaned the lackluster entrance gateway of the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino, currently a sunken parking lot fronting Third Street at Old Falls Street, in the heart of downtown.  The parcel is seen as a pivotal

Joe Anderson, the wildly successful Tuscarora businessman and Niagara Falls real estate developer commonly known as “Smokin Joe”, could become a Chief of the Tuscarora Nation in the next few years.  If he does become Chief, he expects that Rep. Brian

OHSWEKEN, ON — An Ontario Superior court judge has rejected the argument of one of the Six Nations’ most prolific businessmen and civic leaders.  Ken Hill, co-owner of Grand River Enterprises, the manufacturer of Seneca brand cigarettes, asserts that Haudenosaunee

The US Army Corps of Engineers announced they will no longer allow the DAPL to cross under a river near the Standing Rock reservation. via 10 Heartwarming Photos of the Celebration at Standing Rock — Observer

Barely a month after six-term former President Barry E. Snyder, Sr. was snubbed by the Seneca Party, a dominant force in Seneca politics that he once controlled, rumors are swirling that the Buffalo field office of the FBI has been looking

It has been widely rumored that Clare and Sara Bronfman, heiresses to the Seagrams’ liquor fortune and daughters of the late philanthropist Edgar Bronfman, are planning “a major philanthropic campaign on Aboriginal entrepreneurship and business development,” says a source with

Barry Snyder, Sr. is the six-time former President of the Seneca Nation of Indians and the Seneca Gaming Corporation’s current Chairman. For the last year and a half Seneca Gaming has gone without a Chief Executive, since shortly after Snyder