Cayuga

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The Cayuga are one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, historically located in what is now central New York.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cayuga canonical 26
Upper Cayuga 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Haudenosaunee nation
Indigenous people
Iroquoian-speaking people
affectedBy American Revolutionary War
alliedWith Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
Seneca
Tuscarora
cultivated Beans
Corn
Squash
governedBy Haudenosaunee Grand Council
linked to: Haudenosaunee
hasClan Bear clan
Eel clan
Heron clan
Snipe clan
Turtle clan
linked to: turtle clan

Wolf clan
hasCommunityIn New York State
linked to: New York

Oklahoma
Ontario
hasEndonym Guyohkohnyo
linked to: Goemai
hasMeaning People of the Great Swamp
hasReligion Christianity
Handsomen Lake Code
Traditional Haudenosaunee spirituality
historicallyEngagedIn Agriculture
Fishing
Hunting
kinshipSystem Matrilineal
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
locatedInThePast Central New York
Finger Lakes region
linked to: Finger Lakes
memberOf Six Nations of the Grand River
originalMemberOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy
linked to: Haudenosaunee

Iroquois Confederacy
partOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy
linked to: Haudenosaunee

Iroquois Confederacy
recognizedAs Federally recognized tribe in the United States
First Nation in Canada
speaks Cayuga language
subjectTo Land dispossession in New York
traditionalHousing Longhouse
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Cayuga Lake
Region between Seneca and Onondaga nations
usesClanSystem true
usesWritingSystemForLanguage Latin alphabet

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