NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Seneca nation

The Seneca is a group of indigenous people native to North America. They are the westernmost Nation within the Six Nations or Iroquois League. While unknown for sure, approximately 15,000 to 25,000 Seneca live in the United States and Canada, on and off reservations around Buffalo, in Oklahoma and near Brantford, Ontario. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about the state. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Largest metro area Oklahoma City metro area Area Ranked 20th - Total 69,898 sq mi (181,196 kmÂ²) - Width 230 miles (370 km) - Length 298 miles (480 km) - % water 1. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Seneca is the language of the Seneca Native Band, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Cayuga (In Cayuga GoyogohÃ³:nÇ«â€™) is a Northern Iroquoian language of the Iroquois Proper (a. ... The Longhouse Religion, also known as the Handsome Lake cult, or Gaiwiio (Good Message in Seneca) is a religious movement started by the Seneca Chief Handsome Lake (Ganiodayo). ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... The Cayuga nation (Guyohkohnyo or the People of the Great Swamp) was one of the five original constituents of the Iroquois, a confederacy of Indians in New York. ... For other uses, see Onondaga. ... For other uses, see Oneida. ... This article is about the people known as Mohawk. For other uses, see Mohawk. ... The Tuscarora are an American Indian tribe originally in North Carolina, which moved north to New York, and then partially into Canada. ... The Wyandot, or Wendat, is an indigenous people of North America, originally from what is now Southern Ontario, Quebec, Canada and Southeast Michigan. ... The Neutrals were a tribe of American Indians who lived in what is now upstate New York and southern Ontario. ... The Erie (also Erielhonan, Eriez, Nation du Chat) were a prehistoric group of Native Americans, related to the Iroquois, who lived from western New York to northern Ohio on the south shore of Lake Erie. ... For the language, see Lenape language. ... This article is about the Native American tribe. ... This article is about the Native American tribe. ... The Iroquoian languages are a Native American language family. ... Native Americans redirects here. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the League of Peace and Power) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... This article is about Native Americans. ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Government - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area - City 52. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Largest metro area Oklahoma City metro area Area Ranked 20th - Total 69,898 sq mi (181,196 kmÂ²) - Width 230 miles (370 km) - Length 298 miles (480 km) - % water 1. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country Province Established May 31, 1877 Government - City Mayor Mike Hancock - Governing Body Brantford City Council - MP Lloyd St. ...

History

The Seneca, or Onödowága' (meaning "People of the Great Hill"), traditionally lived in what is now New York between the Genesee River and Canandaigua Lake, with some recent archaeological evidence indicating that they lived all the way down to the Allegheny River into what is now upper North Western Pennsylvania. With the formation of the Haudenosaunee ("People of the Long House") or Iroquois Confederation in 1142,^[1] the Seneca became known as the "Keepers of the Western Door" because they settled and lived the farthest west of all the Nations within the Haudenosaunee. The Senecas were by far the most populous of the Haudenosaunee Nations, with the ability to raise over ten thousand warriors by the seventeenth century.^[2] Upper Genesee near Belmont, New York, a series of pools and riffles The Middle Falls of the Genesee in Letchworth State Park The Genesee Rivers name is derived from the Iroquois meaning good valley or pleasant valley. ... Canandaigua Lake is the fourth largest of the Finger Lakes, in the U.S. state of New York. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

Traditionally, the Seneca Nation economy was based on the cultivation of corn, beans, and squash. These vegetables were the staple of the Haudenosaunee diet and were called "the three sisters". Seneca women generally grew and harvested the three sisters, as well as gathered medicinal plants, roots, berries, nuts, and fruit. Seneca women held sole ownership of all the land and the homes, thus the women also tended to any domesticated animals like deer, dogs, turkeys, etc. Women were in charge of the kinship groups called clans. The woman in charge of a clan was called the "clan mother." Despite the prominent position of women in Iroquois society, their influence on the diplomacy of the nation was limited. Although older women could lobby and pull some strings behind closed doors, the official decisions were made by the men. This article is about the maize plant. ... For other uses, see Bean (disambiguation). ... Species - hubbard squash, buttercup squash - cushaw squash C. moschata- butternut squash C. pepo- most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash References: ITIS 223652002-11-06 Hortus Third Squashes are four species of the genus Cucurbita, also called pumpkins and marrows depending on variety or the nationality of the speaker. ... The Three Sisters are the three main agricultural crops of some Native American groups in North America: squash, maize, and climbing beans (typically tepary beans or common beans). ...

Seneca men were generally in charge of locating and developing the town sites including clearing the forest for the production of fields. Seneca men also spent a great deal of time hunting and fishing. This activity took them away from the towns or villages to well known and productive hunting and fishing grounds for extended amounts of time. These hunting and fishing locations were well maintained and not simply left to grow as "wild" lands.^[3] Seneca men maintained the traditional title of War Sachems within the Haudenosaunee. A Seneca war sachem was in charge of gathering the warriors of the Haudenosaunee and leading them into battle.

The Seneca are known as the "People of the Great Hill". Like other Confederacy members, the Seneca are also known as "People of the Longhouse". In historical time, Seneca people lived in villages and towns. Archaeological records indicate that some of these villages were surrounded by palisades due to warfare^{[citation needed]}. These towns were relocated every ten to twenty years as soil, game and other resources were depleted. During the ninteenth century, many Seneca adopted customs of their immediate American neighbors^{[citation needed]} by building log cabins, practicing Christianity and participating in the local agricultural economy^{[citation needed]}. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Palisade and Moat A palisade is a Medieval wooden fence or wall of variable height, used as a defensive structure. ... For other uses, see War (disambiguation). ... Loess field in Germany Surface-water-gley developed in glacial till, Northern Ireland Technically, soil forms the pedosphere: the interface between the lithosphere (rocky part of the planet) and the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. ... Game is any animal hunted for food or not normally domesticated (such as venison). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Log cabin (disambiguation). ...

Notable Senecas in history include Deerfoot, Red Jacket, Cornplanter, Guyasuta, Handsome Lake, Ely S. Parker, Governor Blacksnake, Halftown, Half-King, Little Beard, Skunny Wundy, Mary Jemison, Arthur Parker, Isaac Newton Parker, Robert Hoag, Willam C. Hoag, Frank Patterson, Cornelius Seneca, George Heron, Lionel R. John, Martin Seneca Sr., Duwayne 'Duce' Bowen, Solomon McLane, Barry Snyder Sr., William Seneca, and Catherine Montour. Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Segoyewatha after 1780) (c. ... Chief Cornplanter portrait by F. Bertoli, 1796 GaiÃ¤ntwakÃª (c. ... Guyasuta (c. ... Handsome Lake (1735 â€“ 10 August 1815) was a Seneca religious leader of the Iroquois people. ... Ely S. Parker Ely Samuel Parker (1828 â€“ August 31, 1895), (born Hasanoanda, later known as Donehogawa) was an Iroquois of the Seneca tribe born at Indian Falls, New York (then part of the Tonawanda Reservation). ... Chainbreaker, painted by John Phillips, 1845 Chainbreaker, also known as Governor Blacksnake and Tah-won-ne-ahs (c. ... Tanacharisson (Half King) (1700? - 1754) A leader of the Mingo (Seneca tribe) of Native American Indians who took part in the French and Indian War as an ally of the British. ... Little Beard, Si-gwa-ah-doh-gwih (Spear Hanging Down) (d. ... Mary Jemison (1743â€“1833) was an American frontierswoman and an adopted [Seneca Nation|Seneca]. Mary Jemison was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship William and Mary in the fall of 1743 while en route from Northern Ireland to America. ... Arthur Caswell Parker (April 5, 1881 â€“ January 1, 1955) was an archaeologist, historian, folklorist, museologist and noted authority on American Indian culture. ... Madame Catherine Montour, or Catharine Montour, or Queen Catharine (1710 _ 1804) was born in New France and became a prominent woman among the Iroquois during the end of the 18th Century. ...

Contact with Europeans

During the colonial period they became involved in the fur trade, first with the Dutch and then with the British^{[citation needed]}. This served to increase hostility with other native groups, especially their traditional enemy, the Huron^{[citation needed]}, an Iroquoian tribe in New France near Lake Simcoe^{[citation needed]}. During the seventeenth century, attacks on Huron villages caused the destruction and dispersal of the Huron^{[citation needed]}. Captives were often adopted into the tribe^{[citation needed]} depending on the age and gender; however, slavery and execution were also possible, though this was usually limited to captured soldiers. In general, the word colonial means of or relating to a colony. In United States history, the term Colonial is used to refer to the period before US independence. ... An Alberta fur trader in the 1890s. ... This article is about the First Nations people, the Wyandot, also known as the Huron. ... Capital Quebec Language(s) French Religion Roman Catholicism Government Monarchy King See List of French monarchs Governor See list of Governors Legislature Sovereign Council of New France Historical era Ancien RÃ©gime in France - Royal Control 1655 - Articles of Capitulation of Quebec 1759 - Articles of Capitulation of Montreal 1760 - Treaty... Lake Simcoe is a lake in southern Ontario, Canada, the fourth largest lake in the province. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. ... http://www. ...

Interactions with the United States

On November 11, 1794, the Seneca (along with the other Haudenosaunee nations) signed the Treaty of Canandaigua with the United States and later the Treaty of Buffalo Creek. The Seneca formed a modern government, the Seneca Nation of Indians, in 1848, but the traditional tribal government still governs the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians. is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Treaty of Canandaigua, a treaty establishing peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Six Nations of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), and affirming Haudenosaunee land rights in New York State, was the first diplomatic agreement entered into by the United States of America under its current Constitution. ... The Treaty of Buffalo Creek was a 1788 treaty between the Seneca tribe of western New York and certain purchasers of rights to the Indians land, in which the Indian title to the lands was extinguished, in exchange for a payment plus an annuity. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Seneca are a Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. ...

The Seneca nation today

While it is unknown exactly how many Seneca people there are, approximately ten thousand Seneca live near Lake Erie. Lake Erie (pronounced ) is the tenth largest lake on Earth[2] and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, is the fourth largest by surface area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. ...

About 7,800 Seneca people are citizens of the Seneca Nation of Indians. These enrolled members live or work on five reservations in New York: the Allegany (which contains the city of Salamanca), the Cattaraugus near Gowanda, New York, the Buffalo Creek Territory located in downtown Buffalo, NY, the Niagara Falls Territory located due east of Niagara Falls, and the Oil Springs, near Cuba, New York. Few Seneca reside at the Oil Springs, Buffalo Creek, or Niagara Territories due to the small amount of land present-- in the case of the last two, because those territories are specifically laid out for casinos. The Seneca Nation of Indians was established in 1848 by a Constitutional Convention of Seneca people residing on the Allegany and Cattaragus Territories. ... Allegany Reservation is an Native American Indian reservation located in Cattaraugus County, New York. ... Salamanca is a town located in Cattaraugus County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 544. ... Cattaraugus Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois nation located in New York. ... Position within Erie County (at bottom). ... See Buffalo for other places with this name. ... For other uses, see Niagara Falls (disambiguation). ... Oil Springs Reservation is an Indian reservation located in New York. ... Cuba, New York is a village and a town in Allegany County, New York. ...

Another 1,200 or more Seneca people are citizens of the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians and live on the Tonawanda Reservation near Akron, New York. The Seneca are a Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. ... Tonawanda Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Seneca located in Erie County, New York. ... Akron, New York is a village in Erie County, New York, USA. The population was 3,085 at the 2000 census. ...

Other Seneca descendants are members of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma near Miami, Oklahoma, plus a considerable number are citizens of Six Nations and reside on the Grand River Territory near Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma is a sovereign nation, enjoying the same tribal sovereignty as all recognized Indian tribes in the United States. ... Miami is a city in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. ... Six Nations of the Grand River is the name applied to two contiguous Indian reserves southeast of Brantford, Ontario, Canada – Six Nations reserve no. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country Province Established May 31, 1877 Government - City Mayor Mike Hancock - Governing Body Brantford City Council - MP Lloyd St. ...

Land claims

The Seneca commenced an action to reclaim land that allegedly was taken from it without the approval of the United States on August 25, 1993 in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. The lands consisted of several islands . In November 1993, the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians moved to join the claim as a plaintiff which was ultimately granted. In 1998, the United States intervened in the lawsuits on behalf of the plaintiffs in the claim in order for the claim to proceed against New York State in light of its assertion of it immunity from suit under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.^[4] After extensive negotiations and pre-trial procedures all parties to the claim moved for judgment as a matter of law. By decision and order dated June 21, 2002, the trial court held that the subject lands were ceded to Great Britain in the 1764 treaties of peace and that the subject lands were not owned by the Seneca at the time of the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua and that New York State's "purchase" of them in 1815 was intended to avoid conflict with the Senecas over land it already owned.^[5] This decision was appealed and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the trial court's decision on September 9, 2004.^[6] The Senecas then sought review of this decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which was denied on June 5, 2006.^[7] Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... It has been suggested that civil trial be merged into this article or section. ... The United States District Court for the Western District of New York is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is comprised of the following counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orelans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates. ... The Seneca are a Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Amendment XI in the National Archives Amendment XI (the Eleventh Amendment) of the United States Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress on March 4, 1794, and was ratified on February 7, 1795. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Treaty of Canandaigua, a treaty establishing peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Six Nations of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), and affirming Haudenosaunee land rights in New York State, was the first diplomatic agreement entered into by the United States of America under its current Constitution. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: District of Connecticut Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York District of Vermont The Second Circuit hears argument at the Thurgood Marshall U... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the...

On April 18, 2007, the Seneca Nation laid claim to a stretch of Interstate 90 that crosses the Cattaraugus Reservation by revoking the 1954 agreement that granted the Interstate Highway System and New York State Thruway Authority permission to build the highway through the territory. The move was a direct shot at New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's attempts to collect taxes on Seneca territory (see Seneca economy below).^[8] The Senecas had previously made the same claim in a lawsuit which they lost due to the State's assertion of sovereign immunity.^[9] In Magistrate Heckman's Report and Recommendation it was noted that the State of New York asserted its immunity from suit against both counts of the complaint (one count was the challenge regarding the state's acquisition of Grand Island and other smaller islands in the Niagara River and another count challenging the thruway easement). The United States was permitted to intervene on behalf of the Seneca Nation and the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians. The United States was then directed to file an amended complaint that "clearly states the relief sought by the United States in this action." In this amended complaint the United States did not seek any relief on behalf of the Seneca Nation relative to the thruway easement. By not seeking such relief in its amended complaint the United States permitted the action relative to the thruway easement to be subject to dismissal based on New York's immunity from suit under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.^[10] On May 4, the Seneca Nation threatened to do the same with Interstate 86.^[11] Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (abbreviated I-90) is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers). ... Interstate Highways in the 48 contiguous states. ... NY Thruway Sign New York State Thruway (Interstate 87) looking east from Nordkop Mountain, Suffern, New York The New York State Thruway (officially the Thomas E. Dewey Thruway) is a limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of New York. ... Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American lawyer, politician and the current Governor of New York. ... The Seneca are a Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. ... Amendment XI in the National Archives Amendment XI (the Eleventh Amendment) of the United States Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress on March 4, 1794, and was ratified on February 7, 1795. ... {{{type3}}} JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # I-90 PA 1 I-390 NY 146 (36) I-99 NY 169 (44) I-81 NY 245 NY (75) I-84 NY 362 (121) I-87 NY Legend BROWSE STATE HWYS Prev Next {{{browse}}} Interstate 86 runs from an intersection with Interstate 90 in Erie...

Seneca economy

Diversified Businesses

The Senecas have a diversified economy that relies on construction, recreation, tourism, retail sales, and have recently become involved in the gaming industry.

Several large construction companies are located on the Cattaraugus and Allegany Territories. There are also many smaller construction companies that are owned and operated by Seneca people. These companies do sophisticated work like building bridges or large buildings all the way down to pouring sidewalks and building sheds. A considerable number of Seneca men work in some facet of the construction industry.

Recreation is one component of Seneca enterprises. The Highbanks Campground plays host to several thousand visitors every summer, as people take in the scenic vistas and enjoy the Allegheny Reservoir. Several thousand fishing licenses are sold each year to eager non-Seneca fisherman of trout, salmon, walleye, muskelunge, pike, bass, and perch. Allegheny River watershed Much of the area through which the Allegheny River flows consists of hilly woodlands. ...

Many of these customers are tourists to the region. Tourism in the area often comes as a direct result of several major highways adjacent or on the Seneca Nation Territories that provide ready accessiblity to local, regional and national traffic. Many tourist visit the region during the dazzling color display during the fall season.

A substantial portion of the Seneca economy revolves around retail sales. From sports apparel to candles to artwork to traditional crafts, the wide range of products for sale on Seneca Nation Territories reflect the diverse interest of Seneca Nation citizens.

Tax free gasoline and cigarette sales

The price advantage of the Senecas' ability to sell tax-free gasoline and cigarettes has created a boom in their economy, including a number of service stations along the state highways that run through the reservations as well as many Internet cigarette stores. This, however, has raised the ire of two groups: non-Indian service stations that cannot compete because of New York's high cigarette and gasoline taxes, and the State of New York, who believes that the Internet cigarette sales are illegal and that the state still has authority to tax non-Indians who patronize Seneca businesses, a principle that the Senecas vehemently reject. Seneca President Barry Snyder has defended the price advantage as an issue of sovereignty and cited the Treaty of Canandaigua and Treaty of Buffalo Creek treaties that suggest that Indians are tax exempt.^[12] This position was rejected by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, Third Department.^[13] In that decision the court held that the provisions of that treaty regarding taxation was only with regard to property taxes. This decision was affirmed by the New York Court of Appeals on December 1, 1994.^[14] â€œPetrolâ€ redirects here. ... A cigarette will burn to ash on one end. ... The Treaty of Canandaigua, a treaty establishing peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Six Nations of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), and affirming Haudenosaunee land rights in New York State, was the first diplomatic agreement entered into by the United States of America under its current Constitution. ... The Treaty of Buffalo Creek was a 1788 treaty between the Seneca tribe of western New York and certain purchasers of rights to the Indians land, in which the Indian title to the lands was extinguished, in exchange for a payment plus an annuity. ...

In 1997, New York State attempted to enforce taxation of Indian gasoline and cigarettes. The attempt was thwarted after a large number of Senecas set fire to tires and cut off traffic to Interstate 90 and New York State Route 17 (the future Interstate 86).^[15] Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (abbreviated I-90) is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers). ... {{{type3}}} JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # I-90 PA 1 I-390 NY 146 (36) I-99 NY 169 (44) I-81 NY 245 NY (75) I-84 NY 362 (121) I-87 NY Legend BROWSE STATE HWYS Prev Next {{{browse}}} Interstate 86 runs from an intersection with Interstate 90 in Erie...

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer attempted to cut off Internet cigarette sales, including negotiating deals with credit-card companies and delivery services to not handle cigarette purchases to consumers.^[16] Another attempt at collecting taxes on gasoline and cigarettes sold to non-Indians was set to begin March 1, 2006; but it was tabled, much to the chagrin of Spitzer and the state legislature, by the State Department of Taxation and Finance.^[17] Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American lawyer, politician and the current Governor of New York. ...

Shortly after March 1, 2006, a couple of proceedings were commenced to compel the State of New York to enforce its tax laws on sales to non-Indians on Indian land. One proceeding was commenced by Seneca County, New York which was recently dismissed.^[18] The other was commenced by the New York State Association of Convenience Stores and this proceeding was also dismissed.^[19] Based on the dismissal of these proceedings, Daniel Warren a member and officer of Upstate Citizens for Equality has moved to vacate the judgment dismissing his 2002 state court action that was dismissed due to his lack of standing.^[20] This article is about the state. ... Seneca County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Overview The Upstate Citizens for Equality (UCE) is a group based out of Verona, NY that argues against the soverign aspect of the local Oneida tribe of New York. ...

Gambling Casinos

The Seneca Nation began to develop its gambling industry during the 1980s when bingo was introduced. In 2002, the Seneca Nation of Indians signed a Gaming Compact with the State of New York to cooperate in the establishment of three class III gambling facilities (casinos). Currently the Seneca Nation of Indians owns and operates two casinos: one in the city of Niagara Falls, New York called Seneca Niagara and the other in the city of Salamanca called Seneca Allegany. The third, the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, is under construction in downtown Buffalo adjacent to the HSBC Arena. There are groups that are opposing the Seneca Nation's establishment of the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino. They include Upstate Citizens for Equality and Citizens for a Better Buffalo, who recently won a lawsuit^[21] challenging the legality of the proposed casino in Buffalo. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Housie. ... The Seneca Nation of Indians was established in 1848 by a Constitutional Convention of Seneca people residing on the Allegany and Cattaragus Territories. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Seneca Niagara Casino is located in Niagara Falls, New York and built to compete with Casino Niagara and Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario. ... Salamanca is a town located in Cattaraugus County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 544. ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Government - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area - City 52. ... HSBC Arena HSBC Arena is a sports and entertainment venue located in downtown Buffalo, New York, USA. It is home to the Buffalo Sabres hockey team and the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse team. ... Overview The Upstate Citizens for Equality (UCE) is a group based out of Verona, NY that argues against the soverign aspect of the local Oneida tribe of New York. ...

Local Region Employment

Many Seneca people are employed in the local economy of the region as professionals, including; lawyers, professors, physicians, police officers, teachers, social workers, nurses, and managers.

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