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In 1828, chief John Brant was appointed resident superintendent for the Six Nations of the Grand River. The Six Nations people were originally given 10 km (6 miles) on either side of the entire length of the Grand River, although much of the land was later sold. The ongoing Grand River land dispute is the result of disputes over the sale process.
Some 10,000 to 25,000 Seneca are citizens of Six Nations Reserve and reside on the Grand River Territory, the major Iroquois reserve, near Brantford, Ontario. [citation needed] Enrolled members of the Seneca Nation also live elsewhere in the United States; some moved to urban locations for work.
The Konadaha Seneca First Nation is a Seneca First Nation in southern Ontario, and is a member nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River. [2] Its reserves include the shared reserves of Glebe Farm 40B and the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation.
In addition, some Seneca relocated to Indian Territory in the early 19th century; their descendants now form part of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation in present-day Oklahoma. The Cayuga people are another nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. In the 21st century, the majority of Seneca people live in Western New York.
The Niharondasa Seneca First Nation is a Seneca First Nation in southern Ontario, and a member nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River. [2] Its reserves include the shared reserves of Glebe Farm 40B and the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation.
Territory of the Seneca Nation in 1794. The treaty established peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Six Nations and affirmed Haudenosaunee land rights in the state of New York, and the boundaries established by the Phelps and Gorham Purchase of 1788.
The Seneca and other Iroquois nations were forced to cede most of their lands to the US. In the Treaty of Canandaigua , the Seneca negotiated the right to keep five plots: the territory around Oil Springs and the Allegheny River , the land surrounding Cattaraugus Creek , the former Neutral lands around Buffalo Creek , and their primary site of ...
Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP) is a Haudenosaunee-governed Indigenous institute on Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation.SNP is an Indigenous Institute, the third pillar of post-secondary education in Ontario, as recognized by the Indigenous Institutes Act of 2017, [1] The Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation are the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, and Tuscarora.