The Seneca are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the farthest to the west wit
Seneca woman Ah-Weh-Eyu [pl] (Pretty Flower), 1908.
The Cherry Valley massacre, which the Seneca took part in
Seneca people message stick, inviting tribes to Six Nations dance, received in 1905. Exhibit from the Native American Collection, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Six Nations is demographically the largest First Nations reserve in Canada. As of the end of 2017, it has a total of 27,276 members, 12,848 of whom live on the reserve. The six nations of the Haudenos
Seneca people
…where their ancestors were relocated from Ohio during the Indian Removal. Approximately 1,000 Seneca live in Canada, near Brantford, Ontario, at the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation. They are descendants of Seneca who resettled there after the American Revolution, as they had been allies of the British and forced to cede much of…
Place sign, Six Nations, Ontario
Chiefs of the Six Nations explaining their wampum belts to Horatio Hale, 1871
Water tower and running tracks outside of the arena in Ohsweken.
Dancers at the Six Nations Pow Wow