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== Tribal Headquarters == | == Tribal Headquarters == | ||
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Fax: 1-716-945-1565 | Fax: 1-716-945-1565 | ||
[http://www.sni.org/ The Senca Nation] Official Website | [http://www.sni.org/ The Senca Nation] Official Website | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 18 September 2014
Ancestral Homeland: Seneca Lake to Allegheny River now in western New York
One of the Iroquois Nations- largest tribe
Prominent Leaders: Cornplanter (Ayentwahga, John O'Bail), Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha), Ely Parker
Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]
P.O. Box 231
Salamanca, NY 14779
Phone: 1-716-945-1790
Fax: 1-716-945-1565
The Senca Nation Official Website
History[edit | edit source]
Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]
- 1775-1783: Fought with British during the Revolutionary War
- 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 establishe the Seneca Indian School at Wyandotte, Oklahoma. (school cloesd in 1980)
Additional References to the History of the Tribe
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Frank J. Lankes. An outlineof West Seneca History. West Seneca, NY. West Seneca Historical Society. 1962. FHL Book 970.1 Al #49
Frank J. Lankes. Reservation Supplement: A Collection of Memoabilia related to Buffalo Creek Reservation. West Seneca, NY 1966. (Cayuga, Onondaga Indians) FHL Book 970.1 Al #50
Arthur Parker. Red Jacket: Last of the Seneca. Washington, Library of Congress FHL Film 1009057 item 2
Reservations[edit | edit source]
Three State Reservations:
- Allegany Reservation
- Buffalo Creek Reservation
- Cattaraugus Reservation
- Oil Springs Reservation
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Reservation near Akron, New York
Six Nations Reserve, Ontario
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe hold land in Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Records[edit | edit source]
Correspondence and Census
| Tribe | Agency | location of Original Records |
Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number |
FHL Film Number |
Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Number |
FHL Film Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca, Indian Territory | Miami (Quapaw) Agency, 1870-1952 | Washington D.C. and Fort Worth | Rolls 702-13 | - | Rolls 410-16, 487-89 | Films: 581405-581411 |
| Seneca, New York | Six Nations Agency, 1824-34 | Washington D.C. | Rolls 582-97 | - | Rolls 290-300, 488-89 | Films: 579700-579709 |
| Seneca, Ohio | Piqua and Ohio Agencies, 1831-43 | Washington D.C. | Rolls 600-03 | - | - | |
| Seneca, Indian Territory | Neosho Agency, 1837-71 | Washington D.C. | Rolls 529-37 | - | - |
Treaties
- 1784 October 22, at Fort Harmar
- 1789 January 9, at Fort Harmar
- 1792 April 23, with the Five Nations of Indians
- 1794 November 11, at Konondaigua
- 1797 September 15, on Genesee River
- 1802 June 30, at Buffalo Creek
- 1802 June 30,
- 1814 July 22, at Greenville
- 1815 September 8, at Spring Wells
- 1817 September 29, on the Miami
- 1818 September 17, at St. Mary's
- 1823 September 3, unratified
- 1831 February 28, at Washington
- 1831 July 20, at Lewistown
- 1832 December 29, at Seneca Agency
- 1835 August 24, at Camp Holmes
- 1838 January 15, at Buffalo Creek, with New York Indians
- 1842 May 20, at Buffalo Creek
- 1857 November 5,
- 1865 September 13, at Fort Smith - unratified
- 1867 February 23, at Washington
Vital Records
- Quapaw Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL | Film: 581408
Important Web Sites[edit | edit source]
Seneca History -- from Seneca Nation website -- http://www.senecaindian.com/seneca_tribal.htm
Seneca History -- Wikipedia article -- 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
Seneca History -- from Catholic Encyclopedia -- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13714a.htm
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
- Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
- Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.