Democrat and Chronicle: Expert on Native American history discusses cigarette sales tax

Release Date: September 1, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle about a decision by a federal judge that allows Native American nations to continue to sell cigarettes without the state collecting sales tax quotes Donald A. Grinde, professor and chair of American studies and an expert on Native American history, who said the state has no right to collect taxes on reservations.

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