What Is The Relationship Between Non-Indians And The United States?

There has been a centuries-long struggle between the Native American nations and New York State. Questions of land claims and health and welfare policy have dominated the nearly 400-year relationship between Native American Nations and New York. One issue is about the controversy over indian cigarette taxation in New York State. The price advantage of the Oneidas ability to sell tax-free cigarettes has created a boom in their economy, including many service stations along the state highways that run through the reservations as well as many internet cigarette stores. Non-Indian service stations cannot compete with Oneida prices because of New York's high cigarette taxes. The state of New York believes that the tribe's sales of cigarettes
Secondly, he has cited the Treaty of Canandaigua which is a treaty signed after the American Revolutionary War between the Grand Council of the Six Nations and President George Washington , and the Treaty of Buffalo Creek as the basis of Oneidas' exemption from collecting taxes on cigarettes to pay the state.
New York State says that the treaty regarding taxation was only with regard to property taxes. The Oneidas have refused to extend these benefits and price advantages to non-Indians, in their own words they say they have very little sympathy toward outsiders that try to get the same benefits as them, and have actively prosecuted non-Indians who have attempted to claim the price advantages Indians receive.
In 1997, New York State again has attempted to enforce taxation of Indian cigarettes and this made the Oneidas angry. Protests broke out and the Oneidas protested by setting fire to tires and cutting off traffic to Interstate 90 and New York State Route
This scared both the Oneida County and the Madison County to come to a settlement. As part of the settlement, the Oneida Nation will pay the state an amount equal to 25 percent of its net win from slot revenues. The state will pay a quarter of its 25 percent to Oneida County, where the Oneida Nation’s Turning Stone Resort Casino is located. Madison County will receive a one-time payment of 1 million to compensate for past tax claims. Additionally, the state will make annual payments of $2.5 million to Oneida County and $3.5 million to Madison County from its share.
The Oneida Nation also agreed to a permanent cap of more than Twenty five thousand acres of land to be taken into trust by the Interior Department and seventeen thousand in Oneida County and another eight thousand in Madison County. To me, this settlement is a reasonable settlement. This agreement allows the Oneidas to keep making money and the New York State government will keep helping them. Madison county gets some reparations so that they are content with New York States decision. I believe that what Governor Cuomo did was right and that it helped both Counties to move on and put this argument behind them and that it is a really great deal for