Tonawanda Reservation

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Tonawanda Reservation is a Seneca Nation territory in western New York known for preserving traditional Seneca culture, governance, and community life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tonawanda Reservation canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American reservation ⓘ
census-designated place ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
borderedBy non-reservation lands of Erie County ⓘ
non-reservation lands of Genesee County ⓘ
non-reservation lands of Niagara County ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culture Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) culture ⓘ
traditional Seneca culture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Seneca people ⓘ
linked to: Seneca nation
governingBody Seneca Nation traditional council ⓘ
linked to: Seneca nation

Tonawanda Band of Seneca ⓘ
hasCommunityInstitution Longhouse ⓘ
community center ⓘ
tribal government offices ⓘ
hasCulturalRole center for preservation of Seneca traditions ⓘ
site of traditional councils and ceremonies ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
crafts and artisan goods ⓘ
gasoline sales ⓘ
small retail businesses ⓘ
tobacco sales ⓘ
hasFeature rural landscape ⓘ
scattered housing clusters ⓘ
tribal roads ⓘ
hasLegalStatus sovereign tribal territory under U.S. law ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage English ⓘ
hasTraditionalLanguage Seneca language ⓘ
landUse agricultural ⓘ
forested ⓘ
residential ⓘ
locatedIn Erie County, New York ⓘ
Genesee County, New York ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
Niagara County, New York ⓘ
locatedInRegion Western New York ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Batavia, New York ⓘ
Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo
locatedOn Tonawanda Creek ⓘ
namedAfter Tonawanda Creek ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime true ⓘ
partOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
Seneca Nation of Indians ⓘ
linked to: Seneca nation
population about 500 (approximate, varies by census) ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized Indian reservation ⓘ
territory of the Seneca Nation ⓘ
religion Longhouse religion ⓘ
usesFormOfGovernment traditional Seneca governance ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Seneca → mainSettlement → Tonawanda Reservation ⓘ
Seneca nation → hasReservation → Tonawanda Reservation ⓘ
Tonawanda Band of Seneca → hasReservation → Tonawanda Reservation ⓘ
Treaty of Big Tree → establishes → Tonawanda Reservation ⓘ