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.

All labels observed (15)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (95)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
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Mingo people → modernDescendants → Seneca Nation of Indians ⓘ
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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