Seneca Nation of New York
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The Seneca Nation of Indians is a federally recognized Seneca tribe based in western New York.[1] They are one of three federally recognized Seneca entities in the United States, the others being the Tonawanda Band of Seneca (also in western New York) and the Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma. Some Seneca also live with other Iroquois peoples on the Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario.
Seneca Nation of Indians | |
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Capital | Irving, New York Jimerson Town, New York (rotating) |
Largest city | Salamanca, New York |
Official languages | Seneca (national) English (national) |
Government | |
• President | Rickey L. Armstrong, Sr. |
• Treasurer | Matthew Pagels |
• Clerk | Bethany Johnson |
Population | |
• 2010 estimate | 8,000 |
Time zone | EST |
Seneca Nation of New York official website |
The Seneca Nation has three reservations, two of which are occupied: Cattaraugus Reservation, Allegany Indian Reservation, and the mostly unpopulated Oil Springs Reservation. It has two alternating capitals on the two occupied reservations: Irving at Cattaraugus Reservation, and Jimerson Town near Salamanca on the Allegany Reservation.[2] The tribe also claims sovereignty over a portion of the Canawaugus settlement as of 2022, which is not federally recognized.[3] An additional territory de facto governed by the nation, the Cornplanter Tract in Pennsylvania, officially expired in 1957 and was submerged by the construction of the Allegheny Reservoir in 1965.