You ought to hear and listen to what we women shall speak; for we are the owners of this land, AND IT IS OURS! - Seneca Women
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THE AFTERMATH: IMPENDING STARVATION
‘but the Indians not being supported [by English/Loyalist reinforcements] as they expected, thought of nothing more than carrying off their Families, and we ...
THE IROQUOIS NATIONS
The five original Iroquois/Haudenosaunee tribes are: the Seneca, the keepers of the Western Door; the Cayugas, the “people of the marsh” and “keepers of the ...
REFUGEES OF NIAGARA 1779-1780: THE WINTER OF HUNGER
The expedition you are appointed to command is directed against the hostile tribes of the Six Nations of Indians, with their associates and adherents. The im...
THE THREE SISTERS MEET SENECA FOODS
The Three Sisters - Corn, Beans and Squash - are the traditional core of Seneca survival and worldview. Today, the Seneca Foods plant in the area at Leiceste...
WHITE SETTLEMENT
When peace with England was finally declared, in 1783, there began a migration of settlers to western New York. Many of Sullivan’s men were given grants of l...