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	Seneca - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Seneca
		After the foundation of the Seneca Nation in 1848, a republican form of government was established, consisting of a council of 18, an elected president, and three judges.
		The Seneca believed that everyone had an Orenda, or inner spirit, that contributed to the Orenda of the family or clan, so adoption was a common practice to maintain the health of a group.
		Traditionally the Seneca cultivated maize (corn), squash, and beans, supplemented by hunting in the winter and fishing in the spring.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Seneca (684 words)

	Seneca nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the most significant features of the Seneca Nation of Indians is their ability to sell tax-free gasoline and cigarettes.
		The Seneca formed a modern government, the Seneca Nation of Indians, in 1848, but the traditional tribal government still retains some power.
		The Seneca are a Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seneca_tribe (932 words)

	Seneca Nation of Indians
		The Seneca Nation, which once claimed all of the lands in Western New York from the Genesee to Niagara Rivers, and a portion of the state of Pennsylvania; now is comprised of three reservations.
		The Seneca Nation lost 10,000 acres of land to the Kinzua Dam project in the 1960's which forced over 700 Seneca Indians to abandon their homes and relocate.
		The Senecas are a member of the confederation of Iroquois tribes, formed in 1570, which consists of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas and Tuscaroras.
	home.alltel.net /cjimerson/seneca.htm (2560 words)

	Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Seneca
		In 1799 and 1800 alienation caused by loss of land, lack of access to hunting grounds, and pressure on Iroquois men by Christian missionaries (Quakers and other Protestants) to enter the domain of women—to take up farming—provided fertile ground for the spread of teachings based on visions of the Seneca Handsome Lake.
		The Senecas, Mohawks, and Onondagas are the Elder Brothers of the Iroquois Confederacy and have reciprocal relationships within league councils with the Oneidas and Cayugas, the Younger Brothers.
		The Senecas were invaded unsuccessfully by a French force under the command of Joseph-Antoine Le Febvre de La Barre in 1684, and successfully in July 1687 by another led by Jacques René de Brisay, marquis de Denonville, which resulted in the burning of Seneca villages and cornfields.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_035300_seneca.htm (1136 words)

	Seneca Lake
		Seneca Lake was named for the Seneca Indian Nation, one of the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy who used to inhabit the area.
		Seneca Lake is the deepest and widest of the Finger Lakes.
		Seneca Lake is rated as an excellent lake for fishing and is particularly known for lake trout.
	www.fingerlakes.com /seneca.htm (253 words)

	Coast Guard Cutter Seneca
		Named for the Seneca Nation of Indians, one of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy whose aboriginal lands were in New York State.
		Seneca was overhauled and refitted at the Morse Shipyard in New York.
		Seneca and Miami were the first two cutters to perform this duty in 1913.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/Seneca_1908.html (3674 words)

	Pattersen v. Seneca Nation
		The ancient usages and customs of the Seneca Nation, therefore, except as modified by the constitution, or as they might be modified by appropriate legislation of the nation or State, continued as the law of the Indian land.
		Annexed to the petition is a copy of the constitution of the Seneca Nation of Indians alleged to have [***8] been adopted on the 4th of December, 1848.
		It may be that the Peacemakers Courts of the Senecas [*25] have power to determine whether a co-ordinate branch of that nation**'s government has followed the laws of the Indian land and power to order it by mandamus to obey them.
	www.law.buffalo.edu /portal/course_website/808/reg327402/uploaded/PattersenvSenecaNation.htm (1748 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Seneca Indian Nation's voice carries beyond its reservations
		With 7,200 members, Senecas are a tiny fraction of the state's 19 million people, but more and more the Indian nation's voice carries far from the forested hills of its three western New York reservations, affecting policy on issues including taxes, casinos, land claims, even sovereignty.
		A mortgage plan is crucial to getting Senecas into homes, Armstrong said, since banks traditionally deny loans to reservation dwellers because they cannot foreclose on land set aside for the nation in a 1794 treaty.
		To that end, the Senecas are stepping up efforts to preserve their language and culture, including opening the "total immersion" Faithkeeper's School, at which students use their Seneca names, cook traditional foods and learn ceremonial addresses in the native language.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/02/14/seneca_indian_nations_voice_carries_beyond_its_reservations (1196 words)

	July 2003 > Native American Tobacco Retailer Now Selling Prescription Drugs Online NACS Online
		Seneca Nation members told the paper that the business may be trying to profit from the tribe's reputation for offering untaxed cigarettes and gasoline, which are priced cheaper than that of vendors not located on the reservation.
		Williams is a Seneca, but the Seneca Nation has issued statements saying that it does not approve of the business and does not want the Seneca name used in connection with it.
		"The Seneca Nation in no way has made any attempts to even consider selling pharmaceutical drugs.
	www.nacsonline.com /NR/exeres/00005a1dyixoorrvfijzuihe/NewsPosting.asp?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=/NACS/News/Daily_News_Archives/July2003/nd0704031.htm&NRNODEGUID={9832F116-C216-4CC9-81AC-85DBC7CDFF08}&NRQUERYTERMINATOR=1&cookie_test=1 (592 words)

	The Flag of the Seneca of New York
		After the war, the Seneca remained within the boundaries of the new nation.
		The flag of the Seneca is white and bears the seal of the tribe in blue with red lettering in the center (sample flag provided by Advertising Flag Co., Chicago, IL).
		The Seneca were the most powerful of the member tribes in the Iroquois League and served the league as the "guardians of the western door".
	users.aol.com /donh523/navapage/seneca.htm (409 words)

	seneca allegany casino
		The Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) is one of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy who occupy aboriginal lands in New York State set aside by the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794.
		Seneca Niagara Casino, on December 31, 2002, and its second casino, Seneca Allegany Casino, on May 1, 2004...
		Seneca - Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor...
	www.casino-no1.com /seneca-allegany-casino.htm (482 words)

	Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel - Seneca Nation
		The Seneca Nation historically controlled trade through and protected the Western territories of the Confederacy, represented symbolically as a Longhouse, and thereby assumed the reference "Keeper of the Western Door." Currently, the Seneca Nation occupies sovereign land set aside by the Treaty of Canandaigua in 1794.
		The Seneca Nation of Indians is one of six nations that comprise the Iroquois Confederacy and whose aboriginal territories encompassed what is now Western New York.
		The Seneca Nation endeavors to preserve its rich cultural heritage and welcomes the opportunity to share it with the global community.
	www.senecaniagaracasino.com /snc/senecaNation.html (217 words)

	Seneca Indians - Tribal History
		The Seneca were the largest of the 5 tribes which comprised the Iroquois League or the Five Nations.
		The Ohio Seneca were just a few of the many tribes who had been oppressed by the Iroquois, most had not been so lucky, having been taken over, and integrated into Iroquois society; a clever way of ensuring that the remnants of the tribes they had conquered would not rise up against them.
		The Seneca were also great conquerors, highly skilled at warfare, and having been given guns by the Dutch colonists, were fierce adversaries to any other tribe who tried to resist their takeover.
	www.senecaindians.com /seneca_tribal.htm (854 words)

	The Seneca Nation of Indians
		The Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) is one of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy who occupy aboriginal lands in New York State set aside by the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794.
		The Seneca Nation of Indians has a total population of over 7200 enrolled members and holds title to three territories in New York, one of which includes the City of Salamanca.
		Requests for Proposal catalogues are ready for distribution and are available at the William Seneca Building, G.R. Plummer Building, Buffalo Office, Seneca Nation Libraries and any other government building.
	www.sni.org (220 words)

	ICT [2004/05/28] Seneca Nation in positive mode, despite hack attack
		Whatever the pitfalls (and they are many) of nation building in Indian country, and however the Seneca people ultimately deal with the substantial potentials of their current agenda, we fully endorse the positive nature and direction of the recent Seneca Nation protagonism.
		The seemingly blatant attack against the Seneca Nation in The Buffalo News follows the example of other media that assume the worst of Indian nation strategies that pursue political and economic advantages for their tribal enterprises.
		The Buffalo News, a rich monopoly of a newspaper, recently launched a cynical and trouble-baiting series ("Special Report: The Seneca Nation") lambasting the Seneca Nation of Indians, its government and the very potentials it might have to identify and resolve its own issues and problems.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1085754650 (1634 words)

	Seneca Gaming Corporation Announces Its 2005 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End Results
		SGC is a wholly owned, tribally chartered corporation of the Seneca Nation of Indians (the "Nation") that operates all of the Nation's Class III gaming operations on the Nation's territory in Western New York.
		Seneca Niagara Casino generated EBITDA of $20.9 million and $30.5 million during the Fourth Quarter 2005 and 2004, respectively, or a decrease of $9.6 million, or 31%.
		SGC was chartered by the Nation in August 2002 and opened its initial gaming operations on the Niagara and Allegany Territories on December 31, 2002 and May 1, 2004, respectively.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-23-2005/0004239220&EDATE= (2400 words)

	Seneca Nation Terminates $80 Million Loan
		Seneca Gaming Corporation, the parent and sole direct owner of the Borrower, is looking at several financing options to borrow the necessary funds to prepay the term loan.
		Based on that report, the Nation has affirmed that Freemantle extended its loan on an arms' length basis, in an ethical manner, without any collusion or self-dealing, and on terms that were deemed commercially reasonable by the parties at the time the loan was made.
		Both the Nation and Freemantle have affirmed that they have resolved their relationship in an amicable manner and stated that depending on future circumstances they may do business again in the future.
	www.casinocitytimes.com /news/article.cfm?contentID=150488 (513 words)

	Seneca Indian Law Suit Information Page, Grand Island NY @ IsledeGrande.Com
		The Seneca argument is essentially that the land belonged to the Seneca Nation, which was part of the Iroquois Confederacy and they never sold it or gave it away to either the French or the British.
		Snyder said that the Senecas' suit being filed today in U.S. District Court here is similar to a successful action that the Oneida Indian Nation began in 1964 involving thousands of acres in central New York.
		This is a land claim filed by the Seneca Nation in August of 1993.
	www.isledegrande.com /senecainfo.htm (5411 words)

	NEW YORK Indian tribes: BIA (Eastern Area Office) contact info
		Seneca Nation's tax resistance -- backgrounder, latest developments in roadblocking (april 20) and police.
		Seneca Grandma Twyla Nitsch Wolfclan Teachings in what appears to be a sort of NuAgey support group's version of cultural info she was the original source for.
		Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians Court opinion of a lawsuit by some members of the Tonawanda band Seneca tribe who were kicked out of the tribe over what appears to have been some kind of dispute with tribal government.
	www.kstrom.net /isk/maps/ny/ny.html (621 words)

	October 2004 > Senecas Make it Harder for Minors to Buy Cigarettes NACS Online
		"This new regulation marks an important initiative by the Seneca Nation government to protect the health of all our children, well beyond the edge of our reservation," noted Rickey Armstrong, Seneca president.
		Seneca cigarette vendors also will be required to identify themselves as tobacco-product vendors on monthly credit-card invoices.
		The Seneca Tribal Council worked with the attorneys general in several states and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids to create the new rules.
	www.nacsonline.com /NACS/News/Daily_News_Archives/October2004/nd1004042.htm (437 words)

	The Onodowahgah: Seneca
		If the man were a chief of the Onondowahgah Nation, he would wear attached to his feathered hat deer antlers that symbolize his authority as one of the eight chiefs of the Seneca Nation.
		The Seneca are known as the Elder Brothers, which has significance when the Grand Council of Chiefs, composed of all fifty chiefs of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, meet to discuss matters of importance to the entire Confederacy.
		The joining together of the Five Nations is perhaps the oldest example of nations uniting under a single form of government and spirituality.
	www.peace4turtleisland.org /pages/seneca.htm (733 words)

	New York Governor and the Seneca Nation of Indians Forge Deal to Bring Three Las Vegas-style Casinos to Western New York; Gambling Critics Planning a Lawsuit / June 2001
		"If finally approved by the nation, this agreement should be a tremendous economic boost for the Seneca Nation and the entire region," said Schindler, who praised the respect for sovereignty shown by the state to the Senecas during the long talks.
		The Senecas did agree, state officials said, to a presence by the New York State Police on the casinos' grounds, an arrangement some Senecas in the past have said would be a violation of their sovereignty.
		Seneca leaders, who have taken development proposals from five private companies offering to run the casinos, have yet to choose a private partner, Seneca President Schindler said.
	www.hotel-online.com /Neo/News/PR2001_2nd/Jun01_BuffaloCasinos.html (1930 words)

	Seneca Indian Nation
		The Seneca Nation of Indians receives grants from the EPA for the development of its comprehensive environmental program.
		The Seneca Nation of Indians came into formal existence in 1848 when they abolished the “Chief” system and established a constitution with elected officials.
		Land Base: The Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) occupies lands set aside for it in the Canandaigua Treaty of 1794.
	www.epa.gov /region02/nations/sni.htm (522 words)

	Seneca Indians - Historical American Indian Resource
		The Seneca were on of the most important tribes in the Iroquois League of 6 Nations; they were a proud people, a conquering tribe who let nothing stand in the way of their tribal expansion.
		SenecaIndians.com is your starting point in learning about the Seneca Indian culture, its place in the League of Iroquois Nations, legends and folklore, and Resources you can find on the Web.
		Several key historical figures were Seneca Indians, the most notable being Red Jacket, a great orator and wise man, famous for his quotes.
	www.senecaindians.com (248 words)

	Bradford Publishing - HOME - 10/30/2005 - Ground broken for new resort hotel
		The project will cost approximately $140 million, which will be invested into the region by the Seneca Nation of Indians in addition to the $118 million that was invested to establish the existing casino and parking facility.
		"We have sovereign rights as a nation," Seneca said.
		"This is part of the development as an economic activity to the Nation," Seneca said.
	www.bradfordera.com /site/tab2.cfm?newsid=15482980&BRD=2725&PAG=461&dept_id=562849&rfi=6 (829 words)

	Tonawanda Band of Seneca Nation
		The Tonawanda Seneca Nation participates in the annual Indian Nation leadership meeting with Region 2 senior management and the Director of the American Indian Environmental Office.
		The Tonawanda Band of Seneca Nation has delegates who serve as representatives to the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force (HETF).
		The Nation's population is over 1200 enrolled members with approximately 700 living on the territory.
	www.epa.gov /region02/nations/tonow.htm (281 words)

	Tonawanda News - A new chapter for Seneca Nation
		The Seneca Nation’s new hotel in downtown Niagara Falls means big things for a down-trodden city, but it also could represent a breakthrough for a community that has lived in poverty for a long time.
		Seneca Nation President Barry Snyder alternately beamed and teared up during the grand opening ceremony for the Seneca Niagara Casino and Hotel.
		The first 10 lodging floors, consisting of 270 rooms, will be opened to the public beginning Monday, but this weekend, the hotel will be completely booked by notable local residents, members of the Seneca Nation and some of the casino’s more frequent guests.
	www.tonawanda-news.com /cnhi/tonawanda/business/local_story_364225913.html?keyword=topstory (627 words)

	The Six Nations of the Iroquois
		Most of the nation's members live on or near the Seneca Nation reservation.
		However, since the Cayugas are geographically and socially near the Senecas, it is probable that the figures are the same, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
		The Cayuga Nation is one of three ``younger brothers'' in the confederacy.
	tuscaroras.com /pages/history/six_nations.html (1012 words)

	Native American Tribes and Cultures
		Seneca: (1) Seneca-Cayuga, (2) Seneca Nation of Indians, (3) Seneca Indians from this Seneca's
		Nation of Oklahoma, (4) Pawnee Indian Studies (Grade 1), (4) Pawnee History by A.E. Sheldon in History and Stories of Nebraska, (5) Pawnee Nation, (6) Pawnee Indians from Handbook of Texas, (7) Pawnee Indians
		Allied to the French, (4) Wyandot Nation of Kansas, (5) Huron, (6) Huron Indians
	www.42explore2.com /native4.htm (2182 words)

	Seneca Allegany Casino - FAQs
		Do you have to be a member of the Seneca Nation to work at Seneca Allegany Casino?
		Seneca Players Club points are cumulative and remain in your account until you choose to use them.
		Seneca Slot Dollars must be played out at the slot machine they are activated on.
	www.senecaalleganycasino.com /sac/faqs.html (1163 words)

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