People v. Patterson
ELR Citation: ELR 20124 No(s). 91 (N.Y. Jun 14, 2005)
The court held that the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794 does not vest members of the Tuscarora Indian Nation with off-reservation fishing rights on former Seneca lands. The case arose after a member of the Tuscarora Indian Nation was charged with violating a fishing regulation. He argued that the regu...