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The Seneca Nation of Indians is a federally recognized Seneca tribe based in western New York. [1] They are one of three federally recognized Seneca entities in the United States, the others being the Tonawanda Band of Seneca (also in western New York) and the Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma.
The majority of the Seneca in New York formed a modern elected government, the Seneca Nation of Indians, in 1848. The Tonawanda Seneca Nation split off, choosing to keep a traditional form of tribal government. Both tribes are federally recognized in the United States.
The Tonawanda Seneca Nation (previously known as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians) (Seneca: Ta:nöwö:deʼ Onödowáʼga꞉ Yoindzadeʼ) is a federally recognized tribe in the State of New York. They have maintained the traditional form of government led by sachems (hereditary Seneca chiefs) selected by clan mothers .
Cattaraugus Reservation is an Indian reservation of the federally recognized Seneca Nation of Indians, formerly part of the Iroquois Confederacy located in New York. As of the 2000 census, the Indian reservation had a total population of 2,412. Its total area is about 34.4 mi² (89.1 km²).
The Tonawanda Indian Reservation (Seneca: Ta:nöwöde') is an Indian reservation of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation located in western New York, United States.The band is a federally recognized tribe and, in the 2010 census, had 693 people living on the reservation.
Salamanca (Seneca: Onë'dagö:h) [2] is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States, inside the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two governed by the Seneca Nation of New York. The population was 5,929 at the 2020 census. [3] It was named after José de Salamanca, a Spanish nobleman and cabinet minister of the mid-19th century.
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Allegany Reservation (Tuscarora: Uhì·ya' [1]) is a Seneca Nation of Indians reservation in Cattaraugus County, New York, U.S.In the 2000 census, 58 percent of the population within the reservation boundaries were Native Americans.