2006 New York Code - Jurisdiction Of Council To Determine Disputes.

 
    §  106.  Jurisdiction of council to determine disputes.  The chiefs of
  such tribe in council  assembled  may  hear  and  determine  charges  of
  encroachment  or trespass on lands cultivated or occupied by any Indian,
  entered or described in the clerk's book of records;  and  controversies
  involving  the  title to property between individual Indians residing on
  such reservation. A chief shall not act in any such  case  where  he  is
  related  by  blood  to either of the parties within the fourth degree by
  the common law, or has any interest in the action or proceeding.