The Buffalo Chronicle
JC Seneca
-
New York sues Interior to strip two Seneca parcels of sovereign status. The case turns on where the money came from
The state filed two federal suits Friday challenging Interior’s restricted-fee decisions for Seneca Nation land in Buffalo and on Grand Island. Here is what each side claims, what the record shows, and…
-
Seneca voters pick a new president Tuesday, and with it the next negotiator on an unsigned casino compact
Councilor Tina Abrams, the Seneca Party nominee, would be the Nation’s first woman president. She would inherit a compact standoff in which Gov. Hochul says there is no agreement and the outgoing…
-
Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus gas expansion selected in record federal tribal energy round
The Seneca Nation requested $6.7 million from the Department of Energy to expand its own natural gas system on the Cattaraugus Territory. It is one of 63 tribal projects selected in a…
-
Gillibrand bill would let Washington and the Seneca Nation end New York’s criminal jurisdiction on Seneca land
A Senate companion to Rep. Nick Langworthy’s bill would let the Justice Department and the Seneca Nation end New York’s 1948 criminal jurisdiction on Seneca land. Its broader definition of ‘territory’ raises…
-
Federal judge sends Buffalo’s Seneca One Stop lawsuit back to state court, denies emergency halt
Judge Meredith Vacca remanded the city’s case against Seneca Nation leaders to Erie County Supreme Court and said she lacked authority to grant a restraining order, leaving the Miami Street fight unresolved.
-
Mark Jonathan’s murder raises fear of crime on the Seneca Nation
By Staff Reporter November 3, 2025 – Salamanca, NY — In the quiet streets of Salamanca, a city uniquely straddled across the Seneca Nation of Indians‘ territory in western New York, the…
-
Seneca elections roiled by suspicions of corruption at gaming corporation
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…
