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This is a list of Indian reservations in the U.S. state of New York. Allegany (Cattaraugus County) Cattaraugus (Erie County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County) Cayuga Nation of New York (Seneca County) Oil Springs (Cattaraugus County, Allegany County) Oneida Indian Nation (Madison County) Onondaga (Onondaga County) Poospatuck (Suffolk County)
New York is the source of several landmark decisions concerning aboriginal title including Oneida I (1974), "first of the modern-day [Native American land] claim cases to be filed in federal court," [3] and Oneida II (1985), "the first native land claim case won on the basis of the Nonintercourse Act."
Native Americans have lived in the New York area for at least more than 13,000 years. They initially settled in the space around Lake Champlain, the Hudson River Valley and Oneida Lake. [1] There are currently eight federally recognized Native Americans tribes in New York. [2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Indian reservation has a total area of 9.3 mi 2 (24.1 km 2). 9.2 mi 2 (24.0 km 2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2) of it (0.54%) is water. [1] New York State Route 11A is a north-south highway in the reservation. The reservation is bordered by the Town of Onondaga and the Town of ...
The Tonawanda Indian Reservation (Seneca: Ta:nöwöde') is an Indian reservation of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation located in western New York, United States. The band is a federally recognized tribe and, in the 2010 census, had 693 people living on the reservation. The reservation lies mostly in Genesee County, extending into Erie and Niagara ...
At the 2000 census there were 23 people, 10 households, and 6 families residing in the Indian reservation. The population density was 8.8/mi 2 (3.4/km 2). There were 12 housing units at an average density of 4.6/mi 2 (1.8/km 2). The racial makeup of the Indian reservation was 26.09% White and 73.91% Native American. [3]
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The Poospatuck Reservation is a Native American reservation of the Unkechaugi band in the community of Mastic, Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is one of two Native American reservations in Suffolk County, the other being the Shinnecock Reservation. The population was 436 at the 2020 census. The Unkechaugi are descendants of the ...