Cayuga

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The Cayuga are one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, historically located in what is now central New York.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cayuga canonical 26
Upper Cayuga 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Haudenosaunee nation
Indigenous people
Iroquoian-speaking people
affectedBy American Revolutionary War
alliedWith Mohawk
Oneida territory in New York
surface form: Oneida

Onondaga
Seneca
Tuscarora
cultivated Beans
Corn
Squash
governedBy Haudenosaunee
surface form: Haudenosaunee Grand Council
hasClan Bear clan
Eel clan
Heron clan
Snipe clan
turtle clan
surface form: Turtle clan

Wolf clan
hasCommunityIn New York
surface form: New York State

Oklahoma
Ontario
hasEndonym Goemai
surface form: Guyohkohnyo
hasMeaning People of the Great Swamp
hasReligion Christianity
Handsomen Lake Code
Traditional Haudenosaunee spirituality
historicallyEngagedIn Agriculture
Fishing
Hunting
kinshipSystem Matrilineal
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
locatedInThePast Central New York
Finger Lakes
surface form: Finger Lakes region
memberOf Six Nations of the Grand River
originalMemberOf Haudenosaunee
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Iroquois Confederacy
partOf Haudenosaunee
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Iroquois Confederacy
recognizedAs Federally recognized tribe in the United States
First Nation in Canada
speaks Cayuga language
subjectTo Land dispossession in New York
traditionalHousing Longhouse
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Cayuga Lake
Region between Seneca and Onondaga nations
usesClanSystem true
usesWritingSystemForLanguage Latin alphabet

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