Seneca nation

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The Seneca nation is one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, historically known as the "Keepers of the Western Door" and based in what is now western New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Haudenosaunee nation
Indigenous people
Iroquoian-speaking people
Native American tribe
affectedBy American Revolutionary War
alliedWith British Empire during the American Revolutionary War
clanStructureBasedOn Matrilineal descent
confederacyPosition Westernmost nation of the Haudenosaunee
country United States
culturalRegion Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
dispossessedBy United States land cessions
governedBy Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation

Tonawanda Band of Seneca
hasAlternativeName Onödowáʼga:'
hasClanSystem Yes
hasNotableLeader Cornplanter
Governor Blacksnake
Handsone Lake NERFINISHED
Red Jacket
hasReservation Allegany Reservation
Cattaraugus Reservation
Oil Springs Reservation
Tonawanda Reservation
hasRole Keepers of the Western Door
historicalPopulationCenter Western New York
language Seneca language
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
locatedInThePast Western New York
memberOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy
partOf Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee
playsTraditionalGame Lacrosse
precededBy Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee
primaryState New York
religionIncludes Christianity
Handsomen Lake Code (Gaiwiio)
linked to: Handsomen Lake Code

Traditional Longhouse religion
linked to: Longhouse religion
selfDesignationMeaning People of the Great Hill
traditionalEconomyIncludes Fishing
Gathering
Hunting
Maize agriculture
traditionalGovernmentType Council of chiefs
linked to: council of chiefs
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Finger Lakes region
linked to: Finger Lakes

Genesee River valley
Western New York State
linked to: Western New York
treatyPartyTo Treaty of Big Tree
Treaty of Canandaigua
usesSymbol Part of the Haudenosaunee Hiawatha belt

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Iroquois Confederacy composedOf Seneca nation
Iroquoian languages historicallySpokenBy Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca subgroup Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca governingBody Seneca Nation Council
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca Lake namedAfter Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca Falls, New York namedAfter Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca County, New York namedAfter Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Oneida Nation relatedGroup Seneca Nation
subject linked to: Oneida nation
linked to: Seneca nation
Onondaga nation relatedGroup Seneca nation
New York region historicallyInhabitedBy Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Longhouse religion associatedWithPeople Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Cayuga Nation relatedEthnicGroup Seneca Nation
subject linked to: Cayuga nation
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca nation governedBy Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca, South Carolina namedAfter Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Iroquoian peoples includes Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Ohi:yoʼ associatedWithEthnicGroup Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Ohi:yoʼ hasCulturalSignificanceFor Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Mingo people ethnicOrigin Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Mingo people formedFrom Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Mingo people alternativeName Ohio Seneca
linked to: Seneca nation
Mingo people relatedEthnicGroup Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Mingo people modernDescendants Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca language spokenBy Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca language ethnicGroup Seneca Nation
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca language hasOrganizationSupport Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca County, Ohio namedAfter Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Seneca, Kansas, USA namedAfter Seneca (Iroquois people)
linked to: Seneca nation
Treaty of Canandaigua signatory Seneca Nation
linked to: Seneca nation
Aliquippa (Seneca woman) memberOf Seneca Nation
linked to: Seneca nation
Erie people conflictWith Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Cattaraugus Reservation partOf Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Cattaraugus Reservation ethnicGroup Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Cattaraugus Reservation governingBody Seneca Nation of Indians government
linked to: Seneca nation
Cattaraugus Reservation partOf Seneca Nation territories in New York
linked to: Seneca nation
Oil Springs Reservation ethnicGroup Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Oil Springs Reservation partOf Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Oil Springs Reservation tribalAffiliation Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Oil Springs Reservation hasPopulationGroup Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
Oil Springs Reservation hasCulturalSignificanceFor Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Tonawanda Band of Seneca distinctFrom Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Red Jacket memberOf Seneca Nation
linked to: Seneca nation
Cornplanter memberOf Seneca nation
Guyasuta memberOf Seneca nation
Guyasuta countryOfCitizenship Seneca nation
Allegany Reservation ethnicGroup Seneca Nation
linked to: Seneca nation
Allegany Reservation partOf Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation
Allegany Reservation governingBody Seneca Nation of Indians government
linked to: Seneca nation
Allegany Reservation partOf Seneca Nation territories in New York
linked to: Seneca nation
Treaty of Big Tree signatory Seneca Nation
linked to: Seneca nation