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AUDIO: New York Tribal Cigarette Sales Under Fire 

Tribes in New York are supposed to collect sales tax from any nonnatives who come onto tribal land to buy cigarettes. But the tribes have long refused to collect the tax. When the state announced that it would begin collecting the money on Sept. 1, the two sides ended up in court. A state judge last week postponed the tax collection so he could further consider the matter.

Robert Odawi Porter of the Seneca nation says it is a small victory in a big fight: "These battles have been going on for more than 200 years and we have fought battles over title to our land, the jurisdiction over our lands, our waters and now our commerce. This is one battle of many."

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