NY Indian L § 46 (2021)
2021 New York Laws IND - Indian Article 4 - The Seneca Indians 46 - Peacemakers' Courts.

§  46.  Peacemakers'  courts.    The peacemakers for each of the three   reservations,  the  Allegany,  the   Cattaraugus   and   the   Tonawanda   reservations,  shall  respectively  constitute  the  peacemakers' courts   thereof, and the eldest peacemaker of each of such courts shall  be  the   presiding officer thereof. Any two of the peacemakers of any reservation   shall  be  competent to perform any of the duties or exercise any of the   powers assigned to the peacemakers of such reservation. The peacemakers'   court of  each  such  reservation  shall  have  authority  to  hear  and   determine  all  matters,  disputes and controversies between any Indians   residing upon such reservation, whether arising upon  contracts  or  for   wrongs,  and  particularly for any encroachments or trespass on any land   cultivated or occupied by any one of them, and  which  shall  have  been   entered  and  described  in the clerk's books of records; but they shall   not take cognizance of  any  claim  founded  upon  any  debt  or  demand   originally contracted with a non-Indian. And said peacemakers shall have   power  to  make all needful rules and by-laws for notifying and bringing   the parties to such matters, disputes and  controversies  as  may  arise   under the provisions of this section before them, and for the regulation   of  all  proceedings  thereon,  and  for  the  hearing and determination   thereof, and for the enforcing obedience to such rules and by-laws. They   shall publicly hear the proofs and allegations of the  parties  to  such   matter,  dispute  or  controversy,  and  shall publicly declare and make   known their determination therein within four days  after  such  matter,   dispute  or  controversy  shall  be  finally  submitted  to  them by the   parties. They shall have power to enforce obedience to  such  rules  and   by-laws,  and  shall  have  power to issue and enforce the observance of   orders or notices for the appearance and attendance of witnesses  before   them  to  testify  and  give  evidence  in  any  such matter, dispute or   controversy so pending before them, and may compel the appearance before   them of such witness by attachment or by fine, for not appearing, in the   same manner as is now provided by law for compelling the  attendance  of   witnesses  in  courts  of  justices of the peace in this state. They may   administer oaths to witnesses  produced  by  the  parties  on  any  such   hearing,  and  cause  them  to  be examined on oath, and may examine any   party to any such matter, dispute or controversy so pending before them,   on oath as a witness, when such examination  shall  be  required  by  an   adverse  party.  A  peacemakers'  court  of  the Allegany or Cattaraugus   reservation shall also  have  jurisdiction  to  grant  divorces  between   Indians  residing  on  such  reservation  and  to hear and determine all   questions  and  actions  between  individual  Indians  residing  thereon   involving the title to real estate on such reservation. If either of the   parties  to a controversy of which a peacemakers' court has jurisdiction   resides on the Allegany reservation and  either  of  the  other  parties   resides on the Cattaraugus reservation, the peacemakers' court of either   reservation has jurisdiction thereof.