Seneca

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Iroquoian people Native American people

The Seneca are a Native American people of the Iroquoian language family, historically based in what is now western New York and known as one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iroquoian people → Native American people →
country	United States →
culturalGroup	Eastern Woodlands tribes →
ethnicGroupOf	United States →
governingBody	Seneca Nation Council →
historicalRegion	Finger Lakes region → Genesee River valley → Western New York →
languageFamily	Iroquoian languages →
mainSettlement	Allegany Reservation → Cattaraugus Reservation → Oil Springs Reservation → Tonawanda Reservation →
memberOf	Six Nations →
nativeLanguage	Seneca language →
notableLeader	Cornplanter → Guyasuta → Handsome Lake → Red Jacket →
partOf	Haudenosaunee → Iroquois Confederacy →
positionInConfederacy	westernmost nation →
recognizedAs	federally recognized tribe →
relatedEthnicGroup	Cayuga → Mohawk → Oneida → Onondaga → Tuscarora →
religion	Christianity → Longhouse religion →
subgroup	Seneca Nation of Indians → Seneca-Cayuga Nation → Tonawanda Band of Seneca →
traditionalAlliance	Haudenosaunee Confederacy →
traditionalConfederacyCapital	Onondaga →
traditionalCrops	beans → corn → squash →
traditionalEconomy	agriculture → fishing → hunting →
traditionalHousing	longhouse →
traditionalRole	Keepers of the Western Door →
treaty	Treaty of Big Tree → Treaty of Buffalo Creek → Treaty of Canandaigua →
usesWritingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Onondaga → Tuscarora →	relatedEthnicGroup
Cayuga →	alliedWith
Six Nations of the Grand River →	hasEthnicGroup
Haudenosaunee →	hasOriginalMemberNation
Mohawk →	relatedGroup