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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2003

The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and the state of New York signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to settle a long-standing land claim and resolve taxation and gaming issues.

The tribe will receive $100 million from the state and federal government for the 15,000-acre claim. The tribe can use the money to purchase 7,000 acres.

The agreement authorizes the tribe to collect taxes on cigarettes, fuel and other goods sold on the reservation. Businesses with less than $2 million in revenue are exempted. The state has agreed not to tax wholesalers who do business on the reservation.

Finally, the deal clears an off-reservation casino in the Catskills and resolves Class III gaming at the tribe's existing casinos.

The deal needs approval by tribal members, the federal government, a federal judge and Congress.

Get the Story:
Pataki signs Catskills casino pact (The Middletown Times Herald-Record 5/13)
Casino deal final OK may still be a ways away (The Middletown Times Herald-Record 5/13)
Tests remain for tribe's $100M pact (The Albany Times Union 5/13)
Pataki signs Mohawk accord (The Syracuse Post Standard 5/13)
Mohawk deal raises prices on reservations (The Buffalo News 5/13)
Mohawks ink tentative casino, land-claims deal (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 5/13)
GOV. SIGNS CATSKILLS CASINO DEAL (The New York Post 5/13)
Groundwork Laid for a Casino in the Catskills (The New York Times 5/13)
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