Do Iroquois pay taxes?
A. Iroquois pay no property taxes if they live on an Iroquois reservation. They pay property and school taxes if they live off the reservation. They pay no taxes to the Internal Revenue Service on income earned on their reservation. Iroquois pay federal, state, and provincial taxes earned off the reservation. They pay no sales tax on goods sold on the reservation, nor do they collect sales tax when they sell goods on the reservation. While they legally do not have to pay sales tax on goods bought off the reservation, many merchants insist they do and New York State does not enforce the law prohibiting merchants from charging them. Q. Do the Iroquois welcome visitors? A. Many Iroquois communities have cultural centers, museums, craft and art shops, businesses, and special events that welcome visitors. Q. Do Iroquois have their own language? A. Each Iroquois nation has its own language. A speaker from one of the six nations can easily learn to understand a speaker from another Iroquois n
