Tuscarora Nation

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Ancestral Homeland: New York, New England states, Pennsylvania and North Carolina

One of the Five or Six Iroquois Nations

Tribal Headquarters
Tuscarora Nation 2006 Mt. Hope Road Via: Lewistown, NY 14092 Phone: 1.716.622.7061 Fax: 1.716.297.7355


 * Tuscarora and Six Nations Website

Brief Timeline
1711: Tuscarora War began when the tribe raided

1715: The Tuscarora Indians joined the Iroquois Confederacy

1722: Officialy became part of the Iroquois Confederacy as the Sixth Nation


 * 1784 October 22, at Fort Stanwix with The Six Nations
 * 1789 January 9, at Fort Harmar, with The Six Nations
 * 1792with the Five Nations of Indians
 * 1794 December 2, at Oneida, with the Oneida, Etc.,
 * 1794 with The Six Nations

1824-34: The tribe was under the jurisdiction of the Six Nations Agency

1832-34: The tribe was under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Superintendency

1835-80: The tribe was under the jurisdiction of the New York Agency


 * 1838 January 15, at Buffalo Creek with The New York Indians

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Tuscarora tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Agencies
Six Nations Agency

New York Agency

Supertendency
Michigan Superintendency

Records
Correspondence and Census

Military Records
A record of Native Americans Mustered into Service in the War of 1812 from the Tuscarora Nation has been compiled by the New York Adjutant General's Office.

Treaties

 * 1784 October 22, at Fort Stanwix with The Six Nations
 * 1789 January 9, at Fort Harmar, with The Six Nations
 * 1792with the Five Nations of Indians
 * 1794 December 2, at Oneida, with the Oneida, Etc.,
 * 1794 with The Six Nations
 * 1838 January 15, at Buffalo Creek with The New York Indians

Important Web Sites

 * Tuscarora and Six Nations Website
 * Tuscarora Tribe Wikipedia