Editing St. Regis Mohawk Reservation (section)

===Collection of state sales tax===
For decades New York state has threatened to collect [[sales tax]] from sales of gasoline and cigarettes on Native American reservations but has not done so.  The legislature often passes such a resolution<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publications/sales/pub750.pdf | title = Publication 750: A Guide to Sales Tax in New York State | publisher = New York State Department of Taxation and Finance}}</ref> but the federally recognized tribe says that it has sovereign authority on its reservation and does not need to collect the state tax. 

New York residents often fail to report their applicable [[use tax]]es; this has become a problem both here and at areas surrounding other Indian reservations across New York. Merchants near the reservations complain that the tax-free sales constitute an unfair advantage for Native American-owned businesses. The Mohawk frequently respond that this is their only advantage, as they have suffered from centuries of discrimination and being dispossessed of their land.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=8598 | title = New York Company States American Indians Supporting International Terrorists | work = American Chronicle | first = Mike | last = Graham | date = April 25, 2006 | access-date = October 7, 2007 | archive-date = March 13, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070313021207/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=8598 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

While the government officials argue, a [[Zogby poll]] commissioned in 2006 by the [[Seneca Nation of New York]], who are also Iroquoian and allies of the Mohawk, showed that 79% of New York residents did not think sales taxes should be collected from reservation sales.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/taxgrab.html | first = David | last = Staba | title = Analysis | work = Niagara Falls Reporter | date = March 21, 2006 | access-date = February 25, 2010}}</ref>