NYTs on Indian-Manufactured Cigarettes

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Excerpt:

Inside, employees of the Oneida Indian Nation dump the shredded tobacco leaves into rolling machines and fashion them into cigarettes to be sold at a dozen tribal convenience stores midway between Syracuse and Utica.

The cigarettes, branded with names like Niagara’s and Bishop, sell for as little as $39.95 for a 10-pack carton — much cheaper than those at non-Indian retailers — and bring in millions of dollars a year to the tribe, which also has a resort casino, five golf courses and a multimedia production house.

“We tried poverty for 200 years,” the Oneidas’ leader, Ray Halbritter, said in an interview. “We decided to try something different.”

Thanks to T.W.

Second Circuit Opening Briefs in Oneida v. Paterson Tax Case

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Oneida Opening Brief

Seneca Nation Opening Brief

Cayuga Intervenor Brief

St Regis Opening Brief

Unkechauge Opening Brief

N.Y. Opening Brief

Akwesasne Convenience Store Assn Amicus Brief

01 City of New York Amicus Brief

New York Association of Convenience Stores Amicus Brief