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	The NDN Rights Project
		As of 1999, umbrella group for Tuscarora Tribe of NC, Tuscarora Nation of NC, and Tuscarora of Hoke Co.
		Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe of the Pubelo of San Juan de Guadelupe, NM (#5) (formerly Tiwa Indian Tribe)
		Maidu Tribe of Greenville Rancheria (aka North Eastern Maidu).
	www.ndnrights.org /AlphIndex.html

	The NDN Rights Project
		As of 1999, umbrella group for Tuscarora Tribe of NC, Tuscarora Nation of NC, and Tuscarora of Hoke Co.
		Maidu Tribe of Greenville Rancheria (aka North Eastern Maidu).
		Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe of the Pubelo of San Juan de Guadelupe, NM (#5) (formerly Tiwa Indian Tribe)
	www.ndnrights.org /AlphIndex.html (1589 words)

	LAST DAYS FOR AN ANCIENT LANGUAGE: 3/04/96
		But encroachments by settlers and the kidnapping of Tuscarora youth for slavery provoked them into a military conflict that decimated the tribe.
		The Tuscaroras, a once-powerful tribe in the Carolinas, first lived in peace with settlers.
		Despite the effort, it is an open question whether teachers at the Tuscarora School will be able to preserve a record of enough of that conversational Tuscarora to enable it to survive, or whether written dictionaries and pronunciation charts will be all that remain for future generations.
	www.s-t.com /daily/03-96/03-04-96/1languag.htm (875 words)

	WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL WEBPAGE OF THE
		The Southern Band Tuscarora Indian Tribe abides by the 1715 NC Act of General Assembly, in which all lands belonging to Native Americans be protected from encroachment by law.
		The Southern Band Tuscarora Indian Tribe has regained the Clans of Bear, Mud Turtle, Wolf, Snipe, Deer, Sand Turtle and Eel..
		The Southern Band Tuscarora has their seal made of wampum beads.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Jungle/4960 (575 words)

	Catawba
		The Catawba are recognized as a tribe by the federal government and the State of South Carolina.
		After the Tuscarora had left, the Catawba and Yamasee found they were subject to the same abuse that forced the Tuscarora to fight.
		Catawba warriors had a fearsome reputation and an appearance to match: ponytail hairstyle with a distinctive war paint pattern of one eye in a black circle, the other in a white circle and remainder of the face painted black.
	www.dickshovel.com /Catawba.html (2456 words)

	The Oneida Indians tribe
		The Oneida were members of the formidable Iroquois Confederacy of tribes, along with the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora.
		While the rest of the Confederate tribes remained with the British, the Oneida and the Tuscarora allied themselves with the Colonists.
		The unity between member tribes was such that they symbolically became of one blood.
	ca.essortment.com /oneidairoquois_rjay.htm (813 words)

	UNOFFICIAL SENECA-CAYUGA
		This was a well known confederation of Iroquois Indian bands drawn from throughout the Northwest that included the Mingo (from the upper Ohio River), Conestoga, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Tuscarora and Onondaga (driven into Ohio by early colonists) and the Seneca of Sandusky (who had lived in New York at the outset of the American Revolution).
		However, in the end, most Onondagas, Mohawks, Seneca and Cayugas sided with the British, whom they believed were stronger, while Oneidas and some Tuscarora sided with the Americans.
		A tribe of the Iroquoian confederation, formerly occupying the shores of Cayuga Lane, NY.
	users.adelphia.net /~seneca-cayuga (1383 words)

	Pitt-Greenville Chamber School Report
		The Tuscarora Indian tribe inhabited the banks of the Tar River and Contentnea Creek long before Greenville and Pitt County were created.
		Because they refused to trade in any language but their own, the Tuscarora language became the language of trade and negotiation between the Indians and whites in eastern Carolina.
		English explorers considered the Tuscarora to be the most powerful Indians of Carolina's inner coastal plain.
	www.greenvillenc.org /schoolreport.asp (897 words)

	Division of Parks and Recreation--Goose Creek State Park, Park history
		The Tuscaroras were the dominant tribe during the colonial period, and conflicts arose between the Tuscaroras and settlers along the Pamlico, Neuse and Trent rivers.
		Before European settlement, the Secotan and Pamlico Indians, members of the Tuscarora tribe, occupied the area between Goose Creek and Bath.
		At their appeal, the Division of State Parks investigated potential park sites along the Pamlico River and determined that the Goose Creek area was the most suitable.
	ils.unc.edu /parkproject/visit/gocr/history.html (897 words)

	CBS6 Albany
		Patterson was ticketed by a state conservation officer in February 2003 while ice fishing off the tribe's reservation at Wilson-Tuscarora State Park in Niagara County.
		But the court disagreed, saying the tribe lost its rights under a later treaty that said the Tuscaroras had use of the land only as guests or tenants of the Senecas.
		The state court cited a US Supreme Court decision in the 1950s that said the Treaty of Big Tree had undone the Canandaigua treaty.
	www.wrgb.com /news/local/local_news.asp?selection=article_35402 (897 words)

	NEW YORK Indian tribes: BIA (Eastern Area Office) contact info
		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.
		The Singing Tuscaroras -- much good history here, info on treaties, current events, maintained by Loren Greene, who also provides web access to Native individuals and groups.
		Chief Clinton Rickard, Tuscarora Nation statesman and rights crusader.
	www.kstrom.net /isk/maps/ny/ny.html (621 words)

	NEW YORK Indian tribes: BIA (Eastern Area Office) contact info
		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.
		The Singing Tuscaroras -- much good history here, info on treaties, current events, maintained by Loren Greene, who also provides web access to Native individuals and groups.
		Chief Clinton Rickard, Tuscarora Nation statesman and rights crusader.
	www.kstrom.net /isk/maps/ny/ny.html (621 words)

	Tuscarora Indian Tribe History
		Although the Tuscarora were regarded as mild, kind, peaceable, ingenious, and industrious, they were speedily brutalized by the vices of the colonists with whom they came in contact; their women were debauched by the whites, and both men and women were kidnapped to be sold into slavery.
		Blunt's Tuscarora were to destroy the hostiles who had taken part in the massacre and to deliver hostages for their own good behavior-this arrangement was to continue only until the new year.
		The date of the adoption of the Tuscarora into the council board of the League of the Iroquois, through the Oneida, their political sponsors, is indefinite, judging from the differing dates, ranging from 1712 to 1715, given by various well informed writers.
	www.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/tuscarora/tuscarorahist.htm (3962 words)

	MSN Encarta - Tuscarora
		Tuscarora, North American tribe of the Iroquoian linguistic family.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555327/Tuscarora.html (76 words)

	Tuscarora Mill
		The name "Tuscarora" comes from an Indian tribe of the Carolinas which lived in Leesburg before migrating to New York in the 1760's.
		Tuscarora Mill was built in 1899 to replace a similar grain mill which had been destroyed in the fire of 1898.
		Tuscarora Mill can accommodate your special events as well, whether it be a business lunch or dinner, bridal shower, rehearsal dinner or wedding reception, Tuscarora Mill will work closely with you to make the event flawless.
	pages.loudouncounty.com /dining/mill.htm (528 words)

	Robeson County Tuscarora Tribe seeks voice
		The four Tuscarora groups, with approximately 3,000-5,000 members, are just beginning to talk to each other about pursuing federal recognition as one tribe.
		Two groups--the Tuscarora Nation East of the Mountains and the Tuscarora Tribe of North Carolina--are petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
		The Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina and the Tuscarora Nation of Kau-ta-noh are meeting with U.S. senators and representatives to try to change the 1956 Lumbee Act so that all Indians in Robeson and adjoining counties are not considered Lumbee.
	linux.library.appstate.edu /lumbee/19/ROBE009.htm (130 words)

	Catechna Historic Site
		The Coree and Neusioc had recently moved inland from their old towns to be nearer the Tuscarora, and the other tribes had probably done the same.
		The prospect of Tuscarora slaves and scalps was the lure that the Governor of North Carolina held out to the Indians of South Carolina.
		Described by him as the most warlike town of the Tuscarora, Narhantes was an open village with farms scattered over an area of several miles.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/ncsites/Tusca1.htm (3282 words)

	The Tuscarora
		The Tuscarora originated from North Carolina and were regarded by the colonists as mild, kind, peaceable, ingenious and industrious.
		After the revolution, most of the remaining Tuscarora moved to New York and northern Pennsylvania to be closer to their Iroquoian protectors.
		They were attacked during the war by Indian, British allies because the Tuscarora chose to ally themselves with the colonists.
	www.dep.state.pa.us /dep/monthlyprograms/american_indian/2001/tuscarora.html (319 words)

	Tuscarora War
		The Tuscarora tribe, originally from the Carolinas, moved northward, after the Tuscarora war in 1711-1713.
		The post-contact era Tuscarora may have used the Sandhills area, at least for travel, hunting, and trade, prior to their defeats by the British-led armies of Barnwell and Moore (which were comprised of about 80% Native Americans from other groups and 20% European soldiers).
		The Tuscarora population between the Roanoke and Neuse Rivers (northeast of the Sandhills area) is estimated to have been at least 8,000 individuals.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/tuscarora.htm (627 words)

	Tuscarora - Ethnos - Books about the Tuscarora People
		The Tuscarora are a Native American tribe originally in North Carolina, which moved north to New York, and then partially into Canada.
		In 1720 the Tuscarora fled European invasion of North Carolina to New York to become the Sixth nation of the Iroquois.
		Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians
	www.almudo.com /ethnos/Tuscarora.htm (97 words)

	Tuscarora State Forest, a Pennsylvania State Park near Hampden, Lewistown
		The mountain, in turn, was named for the Tuscarora Indians, a tribe adopted by the Iroquois Nation and allowed to migrate to this region about 1714.
		Comprised of 91,165 acres, the Tuscarora State Forest is located in Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, and Perry counties.
		Tuscarora State Forest Wild and Natural Areas - PA DCNR - Natural & Wild Areas of the Tuscarora State Forest.
	www.stateparks.com /tuscarora.html (459 words)

	Tuscarora
		Sometime between 1715 and 1722, however, the Tuscaroras, an Iroquoian tribe originally of North Carolina, which had migrated to New York, was formally admitted to the confederacy, and the name of the league was changed to the Six Nations, or the League of Six Nations.
		In 1722 the Tuscarora joined the Iroquois Confederacy, which then became known as the Six Nations.
		Native peoples in the Tidewater area never regained their earlier power, but in the interior and farther south, periodic wars broke out, for instance, between British settlers and the Tuscarora in North Carolina (1711-1713).
	www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/nativeamericans/tuscarora.htm (324 words)

	Encyclopedia: Indian Wars
		The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina during the autumn of 1711 until 11 February 1715 between the British, Dutch, and German settlers and the Tuscarora, a local Native American tribe.
		Indeed, the War of 1812 was a massive Indian war, and Tecumseh was killed by Harrison's army at the Battle of the Thames.
		The wars, which ranged from colonial times to the Wounded Knee massacre and "closing" of the American frontier in 1890, collectively resulted in the conquest of American Indian peoples and their decimation, assimilation, or forced relocation to Indian reservations.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Indian-Wars (6587 words)

	Indian River, Michigan, The history of Indian River. TUSCARORA region
		One of the accounts states that at the request of W.M. McArthur the township was named after the New York State tribe of Indians by the name of Tuscarora.
		In the center of this transportation route is Tuscarora Township, which includes Indian River and portion of both Mullett Lake and Burt Lake.
		The second account states that W.J. Stone, an early pioneer, was quoted saying, "the township of Tuscarora was organized in our home, and in that home, everything connected with the organization of the Township had its beginning.
	www.irtourism.com /indianriver.htm (377 words)

	Glossary of Indian Nations
		These tribes were the Tuscarora, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca, known collectively as the Iroquois Confederacy or the Six Nations.
		Most of the information found here was taken from Carl Waldman, Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, revised edition (New York: Checkmark Books, 1999).
		Biloxi -- a small Siouan speaking tribe, formerly living near the city in Mississippi that now bears their name.
	hotcakencyclopedia.com /ho.GlossaryIndianNations.html (377 words)

	LAST DAYS FOR AN ANCIENT LANGUAGE: 3/04/96
		The Tuscaroras, a once-powerful tribe in the Carolinas, first lived in peace with settlers.
		One of the languages of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, Tuscarora is one of 2,000 to 3,000 languages around that world that are moving -- seemingly inexorably -- toward extinction.
		Despite the effort, it is an open question whether teachers at the Tuscarora School will be able to preserve a record of enough of that conversational Tuscarora to enable it to survive, or whether written dictionaries and pronunciation charts will be all that remain for future generations.
	www.s-t.com /daily/03-96/03-04-96/1languag.htm (875 words)

	Wildernet - Tuscarora State Forest
		The mountain was named for the Tuscarora Indians, a tribe adopted by the Iroquois Nation and allowed to migrate to this region around 1714.
		The Tuscarora Trail is the northern portion of an extensive 220 mile by-pass route of the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia.
		The annual allowable cut for the Tuscarora State Forest is 3.6 million board feet of sawtimber and 15,700 cords of pulpwood.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=PASFTU&CU_ID=1 (1925 words)

	UNOFFICIAL SENECA-CAYUGA
		However, in the end, most Onondagas, Mohawks, Seneca and Cayugas sided with the British, whom they believed were stronger, while Oneidas and some Tuscarora sided with the Americans.
		The tribe was offered money in exchange for their land, so they signed a treaty and moved to the Seneca reservation already in place on the western side of the state, or to Canada.
		In 1831, the tribe sold their land in Ohio and accepted a reservation in Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory.
	users.adelphia.net /~seneca-cayuga (1925 words)

	99-2011 -- National Labor relations Board v. Pueblo of San Juan -- 09/26/2000
		Because nothing in the language or legislative history of § 14(b) indicates that Congress intended Indian tribes to be included in the term "States or Territories," I also reject the Pueblo's alternative argument and conclude that Indian tribes are not included in the exception provided by § 14(b).
		In Tuscarora the court stated "it is now well settled by many decisions of this Court that a general statute in terms applying to all persons includes Indians and their property interests." Id.
		Even in the absence of such express language, Congress' clear intention to include Indian tribes within the ambit of a federal statute can be implied from the legislative history or from the existence of a statutory plan so exhaustive that it constitutes a comprehensive federal regulatory scheme preempting tribal regulation.
	www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2000/09/99-2011.htm (5022 words)

	JSU News Wire
		Jerry Lang of Gadsden, of the Tuscarora tribe, offers a smudging to native American dancers Saturday morning.
		Smudging is a cleansing ritual performed by "bathing" the body in smoke from a smoldering bundle of sage, or sage and juniper.
	www.jsu.edu /news/july_dec2004/powwow.html (204 words)

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