Cigarette losers: Native Americans who don't profit from untaxed cigarettes

INTRO The Poospatuck Indian reservation on the south shore of Long Island is the cheapest place around to buy cigarettes because they aren’t taxed. But currently there are multiple lawsuits in New York challenging their right to sell untaxed cigarettes to outsiders. We’ll talk with a lawyer about that in a few minutes. But first we wanted to ask the question, is a booming tobacco good for those living on the reservation? Initially you would think yes because each carton of cigarettes sold on the reservation earns the tribe $1. But as WSHU’s Charles Lane reports not everyone in the tribe sees that revenue. (:23)

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NAR1 The 55-arce reservation is nestled into the elbow of the Poospatuck creek and the Forge River. From the shore you can look out see a gorgeous view of Moriches Bay and beyond that, the ocean. But away from the water at t...
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