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Jury delivers mixed verdict in Cayuga Nation’s civil suit against tobacco retailer

By Staff Reporter  December 16, 2025 SYRACUSE, N.Y.—In a courtroom drama that laid bare the bitter fissures within one of New York’s smallest Native American nations, a federal jury on Thursday handed the Cayuga Nation a backhanded victory in its

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A new mayor in Niagara Falls is likely to partner with local Indian Tribes

Niagara Falls’ new Mayor-elect Bob Restaino is “very open” to new public partnerships with the Seneca Nation of Indians, and a half-dozen other local tribal communities, believing that a collaborative posture will accelerate new development projects both on- and off-sovereign territory, a