The Seneca (/ˈsɛnɪkə/ SEN-ik-ə; Seneca: O-non-dowa-gah/Onöndowa'ga:', lit. 'Great Hill People') are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who...
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Look up Seneca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seneca may refer to: Seneca (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or...
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Seneca (/ˈsɛnəkə/; in Seneca, Onöndowaʼga꞉ʼ Gawë꞉noʼ, or Onötowáʼka꞉) is the language of the Seneca people, one of the Six Nations of the Hodinöhsö꞉niʼ...
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Tonawanda Band of Seneca (also in western New York) and the Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma. Some Seneca also live with other Iroquois peoples on the Six Nations...
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The Seneca–Cayuga Nation is one of three federally recognized tribes of Seneca people in the United States. It includes the Cayuga people and is based...
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (/ˈsɛnɪkə/ SEN-ik-ə; c. 4 BC – AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome...
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The Tonawanda Seneca Nation (previously known as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians) (Seneca: Ta:nöwö:deʼ Onödowáʼga꞉ Yoindzadeʼ) is a federally recognized...
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Seneca mythology refers to the mythology of the Onödowáʼga: (Seneca people), one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) from the...
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in New York and south of the Great Lakes. In the 1830s, many of the Seneca people still in the East had been pushed west of the Mississippi River into...
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Seneca County is located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,814. The primary county seat is Waterloo, moved there...
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Tonawanda Reservation (redirect from Tomawanda Seneca Nation Land Claim)
The Tonawanda Indian Reservation (Seneca: Ta:nöwöde') is an Indian reservation of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation located in western New York, United States...
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Red Jacket (category Seneca people)
Canandaigua (1794). He helped secure some Seneca territory in New York state, although most of his people had migrated to Canada for resettlement after...
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Senega officinalis (redirect from Seneca snakeroot)
names include Seneca snakeroot, senega snakeroot, senegaroot, rattlesnake root, and mountain flax. Its genus name honors the Seneca people, a Native American...
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their league neighbors, the Onondaga to the east and the Seneca to the west. Today, Cayuga people belong to the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation...
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The Seneca River flows 61.6 miles (99.1 km) through the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York in the United States. The main tributary of the Oswego...
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Cornplanter (category Seneca people)
Plants") in the Seneca language and thus generally known as Cornplanter, was a Dutch-Seneca chief warrior and diplomat of the Seneca people. As a war chief...
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The Piper PA-34 Seneca is a twin-engined light aircraft, produced in the United States by Piper Aircraft. It has been in non-continuous production since...
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Seneca is a city in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,102 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Seneca...
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Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for having played Willie Brown in Crossroads...
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Ely S. Parker (category Seneca people)
Ely Samuel Parker (1828 – August 31, 1895), born Hasanoanda (Tonawanda Seneca), later known as Donehogawa, was an engineer, U.S. Army officer, aide to...
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Three Sisters (agriculture) (category Seneca people)
and purple potatoes or sunchokes from her feet. It is said that in 1779, Seneca Chief Handsome Lake wished to die after the US military killed Haudenosaunee...
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Seneca Falls is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 9,027 at the 2020 census. The Town of Seneca Falls contains the former...
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largely absorbed by other Iroquoian tribes, particularly families of the Seneca, the westernmost of the Five Nations. Susquehannock families may also have...
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40°47′02″N 73°58′08″W / 40.784002°N 73.968892°W / 40.784002; -73.968892 Seneca Village was a 19th-century settlement of mostly African American landowners...
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Seneca is a given name and an Italian surname which may refer to: Seneca Lassiter (born 1977), American former middle-distance runner Seneca M. Dorr (1820–1884)...
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Handsome Lake (category Seneca people)
August 1815) was a Seneca religious leader of the Iroquois people. He was a half-brother to Cornplanter (Gayentwahgeh), a Seneca war chief. Handsome...
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Tanacharison (category Seneca people)
a child, he was taken captive by the French and later adopted into the Seneca tribe, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. He would later...
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Gaoh (category Gods of the indigenous peoples of North America)
Ga-oh or Gǎ-oh is a wind spirit and giant of the Iroquois, Huron and Seneca people. Gaoh was described as a cannibal and a giant who could uproot trees...
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rich history dating back to the 18th century when the Seneca people settled into the area. One Seneca in particular, Guyasuta, has a special connection to...
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Sayenqueraghta (redirect from Seneca King)
the war chief of the eastern Seneca tribe in the mid-18th century. He was born the son of Cayenquaraghta, a prominent Seneca chief of the Turtle clan in...
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