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'''Ancestral Homeland: '''Seneca Lake to Allegheny River now in western New York
== History  ==


One of the [[Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy|Iroquois Nations]]- largest tribe
==== Brief Timeline ====


'''Prominent Leaders:''' Cornplanter (Ayentwahga, John O'Bail), Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha), Ely Parker
==== Brief History ====


=== Tribal Headquarters  ===
==== Reservations ====


'''Seneca Nation of Indians''' <br>90 Ohiyo Way <br>Salamanca, NY 14779 <br> Phone: 716-945-1790<br>[https://sni.org/ Website]
==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe ====


Part of the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Haudenosaunee_Confederacy_(Six_Nations_of_Iroquois) Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Six Nations of Iroquois)]
== Tribal Headquarters  ==


=== History  ===
Seneca Nation of New York<br>P.O. Box 231<br>Salamanca, NY 14779<br>Phone: 716.945.1790<br>Fax: 716.945.1565 <br>


==== Brief Timeline ====
== Records ==


*'''1775-1783:''' Fought with British during the Revolutionary War
== Important Web Sites  ==
*'''1831:''' Ceded land removed to Indian Territory
*'''1838:''' Treaty of Buffalo Creek the tribe lose their New York Reservations
*'''1842:''' Regained the Cattaraugus and Allegheny Reservations
*'''1848:''' Become Seneca Nation of Indians
*'''1857:''' Repurchase the Tonawanda and Buffalo Creek lands using money they had for relocation to Kansas.
*1869, Quakers established the [[Seneca Indian School (Oklahoma)|Seneca Indian School]] at Wyandotte, Oklahoma. (school closed in 1980)


==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe <br>  ====
*[http://www.sni.org/ The Senca Nation] Official Website


Frank J. Lankes. An outline of West Seneca History. West Seneca, NY. West Seneca Historical Society. 1962. FS Library Book 970.1 Al #49
== References  ==


Frank J. Lankes. Reservation Supplement: A Collection of Memorabilia related to Buffalo Creek Reservation. West Seneca, NY 1966. (Cayuga, Onondaga Indians)FS Library Book 970.1 Al #50
<references />


Arthur Parker. Red Jacket: Last of the Seneca. Washington, Library of Congress FS Library Film 1009057 item 2
==== Bibliography ====
 
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75], Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
==== Reservations ====
*Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ Available online].
 
*Klein, Barry T., ed. ''Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian''. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317923332?referer=list_view WorldCat 317923332]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1122745&disp=Reference+encyclopedia+of+the+American+I%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 R259e].
Three State Reservations:
*Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no:037475188 WorldCat 37475188]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=831087&disp=The+Gale+encyclopedia+of+Native+American%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 G131g].
 
*[[Allegany Indian Reservation (New York)|Allegany Reservation]]
*Buffalo Creek Reservation
*[[Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (New York)|Cattaraugus Reservation]]  
*[[Oil Springs Indian Reservation (New York)|Oil Springs Reservation]]
 
[[Tonawanda Indian Reservation (New York)|Tonawanda Band of Seneca Reservation]] near Akron, New York
 
Six Nations Reserve, Ontario
 
[[Seneca-Cayuga Indian Tribe of Oklahoma|Seneca-Cayuga Tribe]] hold land in Ottawa County, Oklahoma
 
=== Records  ===
 
==== Correspondence and Census ====
 
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" | Tribe
! scope="col" | Agency
! scope="col" | location of Original Records
! scope="col" |
Pre-1880 Correspondence
 
M234 RG 75 Rolls 962
 
Roll Number
 
! scope="col" |
FS Library
 
Film
 
Number
 
! scope="col" |
Post-1885 Census
 
M595 RG 75 Rolls 693


Roll Number
:Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
:Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
:Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
:Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands


! scope="col" |
*Sturtevant, William C. ''Handbook of North American Indians''. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– . <br>
FS Library


Film
:Volume 1 -- Not yet published
 
:Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234303751&referer=brief_results WorldCat 234303751]<br>
Number
:Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/255572371&referer=brief_results WorldCat 255572371]<br>
 
:Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19331914&referer=brief_results WorldCat 19331914]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4].<br>
|-
:Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299653808&referer=brief_results WorldCat 299653808]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5].<br>
| Seneca, Indian Territory
:Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247493742&referer=brief_results WorldCat 247493742]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6].<br>
| [[Miami Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Miami (Quapaw) Agency]], 1870-1952
:Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247493311&referer=brief_results WorldCat 247493311]<br>
| Washington D.C. and Fort Worth
:Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13240086&referer=brief_results WorldCat 13240086]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8].<br>
| Rolls 702-13
:Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26140053&referer=brief_results WorldCat 26140053]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9].<br>
| -
:Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301504096&referer=brief_results WorldCat 301504096]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10].  
| Rolls 410-16, 487-89
:Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/256516416&referer=brief_results WorldCat 256516416]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11].<br>
| Films: 581405-581411
:Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39401371&referer=brief_results WorldCat 39401371]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12].<br>
|-
:Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48209643&referer=brief_results WorldCat 48209643]<br>
| Seneca, New York
:Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/254277176&referer=brief_results WorldCat 254277176]  
| [[Six Nations Indian Agency (New York)|Six Nations Agency]], 1824-34
:Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/256517503&referer=brief_results WorldCat 356517503]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15].<br>
| Washington D.C.  
:Volume 16 -- Not yet published
| Rolls 582-97
:Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43957746&referer=brief_results WorldCat 43957746]<br>  
| -  
:Volume 18 -- Not yet published
| Rolls 290-300, 488-89
:Volume 19 -- Not yet published
| Films: 579700-579709
:Volume 20 -- Not yet published
|-
| Seneca, Ohio
| [[Piqua Indian Agency (Ohio)|Piqua and Ohio Agencies]], 1831-43
| Washington D.C.  
| Rolls 600-03
| -
| -
|
|-
| Seneca, Indian Territory
| [[Neosho Indian Agency (Kansas)|Neosho Agency]], 1837-71
| Washington D.C.
| Rolls 529-37
| -
| -
|
|}
 
==== Treaties ====
 
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/25856 1784] October 22, at Fort Harmar
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/25874 1789] January 9, at Fort Harmar
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26867 1792] April 23, with the Five Nations of Indians  
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/25885 1794] November 11, at Konondaigua
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26867 1797] September 15, on Genesee River
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/25911 1802] June 30, at Buffalo Creek
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/25956 1814] July 22, at Greenville
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29345 1815] September 8, at Spring Wells
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/25987 1817] September 29, on the Miami
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26004 1818] September 17, at St. Mary's
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26873 1823] September 3, unratified
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26166 1831] February 28, at Washington
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26168 1831] July 20, at Lewistown
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26224 1832] December 29, at Seneca Agency
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26276 1835] August 24, at Camp Holmes
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26343 1838] January 15, at Buffalo Creek, with New York Indians
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26378 1842] May 20, at Buffalo Creek
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26608 1857] November 5
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26890 1865] September 13, at Fort Smith - unratified
*[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26801 1867] February 23, at Washington
 
==== Vital Records ====
 
*[[Quapaw Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Quapaw Agency]], M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FS Library | Film: 581408
 
=== Important Websites  ===
 
Seneca History -- from Seneca Nation website -- [https://sni.org/culture/history/ https://sni.org/culture/history/]  
 
Seneca History -- Wikipedia article -- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_nation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_nation]  
 
Seneca Tribal History -- from Handbook of American Indians... by Frederick Webb Hodge -- [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/seneca/senecahist.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/seneca/senecahist.htm]  
 
Seneca History -- from Catholic Encyclopedia -- [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13714a.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13714a.htm]
 
=== References  ===
 
<references />  
 
==== Bibliography  ====


*Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/indianlocation.htm Available online].
*Waldman, Carl. ''Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes''. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14718193?referer=list_view WorldCat 14718193]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1465222&disp=Encyclopedia+of+Native+American+tribes%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006].


[[Category:Indigenous Tribes of New York]]
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History[edit | edit source]

Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]

Brief History[edit | edit source]

Reservations[edit | edit source]

Additional References to the History of the Tribe[edit | edit source]

Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]

Seneca Nation of New York
P.O. Box 231
Salamanca, NY 14779
Phone: 716.945.1790
Fax: 716.945.1565

Records[edit | edit source]

Important Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]


Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
  • Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
  • Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.
Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands
  • Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
Volume 1 -- Not yet published
Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751
Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371
Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.
Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.
Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.
Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311
Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.
Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.
Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.
Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.
Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.
Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643
Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176
Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.
Volume 16 -- Not yet published
Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746
Volume 18 -- Not yet published
Volume 19 -- Not yet published
Volume 20 -- Not yet published
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