N.Y. IND Law § 105

§ 105. Illegal sales of timber, trees and stone. Every sale or\ndisposition without the consent of such chiefs, by any individual Indian\nor Indians, of any tree, timber or stone on any of the tribal lands, or\nof any manufacture therefrom, shall be void. The chiefs may sell for the\nbenefit of the tribe any timber, trees or stone on the wild lands of\nsuch tribe, the proceeds of such sale to be paid to the clerk. Such\nchiefs may bring an action in the name of the tribe against the person\nto whom such trees, timber or stone are sold to recover the value\nthereof, or against any person who shall have received any tree, timber\nor stone or the manufacture therefrom unlawfully sold, to recover the\nvalue thereof for the benefit of the tribe. Any person who shall sell,\ntake or carry from the lands of such tribe, any trees, lumber, stone or\narticle of manufacture therefrom, without the consent of such chiefs, in\nany other case than is provided for in this section, shall be liable to\na penalty of twice the value of such trees, timber, stone or\nmanufactured articles, recoverable by such chiefs in the name of the\ntribe. The chiefs of such tribe, upon giving satisfactory security for\ncosts, may sue in the name of the tribe for the amount of any recovery\npermitted under this section, and after paying the legal charges of such\nsuit, shall pay over any remaining proceeds of such recovery to the\nclerk of the tribe.\n