Cayuga settlements
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The Cayuga settlements were Indigenous villages and communities of the Cayuga Nation in central New York that became key targets of American military campaigns during the Revolutionary War.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cayuga Nation community
ⓘ
Indigenous settlements ⓘ Native American village ⓘ historic place ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance |
evidence of long-term Indigenous occupation of central New York
ⓘ
source of information on Cayuga material culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cayuga Lake drainage basin
ⓘ
Cayuga trails and travel routes ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culture | Haudenosaunee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Sullivan–Clinton expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
hunting and fishing ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cayuga Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foodProduction | “Three Sisters” agriculture (corn, beans, squash) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Cayuga Nation councils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType |
longhouse village
ⓘ
palisaded village ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American Revolutionary War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ pre-colonial era ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Cayuga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Cayuga language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Finger Lakes region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central New York NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day New York State ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Cayuga Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cayuga homeland
ⓘ
Haudenosaunee Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Haudenosaunee Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | earlier Cayuga village sites ⓘ |
| region | Iroquoia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Haudenosaunee spiritual traditions ⓘ |
| resultOfDestruction |
displacement of Cayuga people
ⓘ
loss of agricultural fields ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Sullivan–Clinton campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of central New York corridor
ⓘ
support for British-allied Haudenosaunee war efforts ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Haudenosaunee oral histories
ⓘ
United States Revolutionary War records ⓘ archaeological research in New York State ⓘ |
| targetOf |
Continental Army military campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Revolutionary War operations against the Haudenosaunee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfDestruction | 1779 ⓘ |
| wayOfLife | sedentary agriculture with seasonal mobility ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.