The numbers of tribal officials who can solemnize marriages in New York has been expanded under legislation signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The amendment to state Domestic Relations and Indian laws provides that a judge or peacemaker judge of any tribal court, a chief, a headman or any member of any tribal counsel or other governing body of any of the Indian nations in New York may now perform marriages on Indian lands.
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