Cayuga Nation

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Ancestral Homeland: Cayuga Lake, New York

One of the Five/Six Nations of Iroquois

The Cayuga Nation is primarily associated with the state of New York.

Linguistic group: Iroquoian

Tribal Headquarters
Cayuga Indians P. O. Box 11 Versailles, NY 14168-0011 Phone: 1.716.337.4270 Fax: 1.716.337.0268


 * Cayuga Nation Official Website

Brief Timeline

 * 1660: population estimated as 1,500
 * 1775-1783: American Revolution
 * 1778: population 1,100

Brief History
Lived near Lake Cayuga in New York. Many moved to Canada during the Revolutionary War, others moved to Ohio, Wisconsin and Indian Territory

The Cayuga were a member of the confederation of the Five Nations of Iroquois (later six)

Reservations
The tribe is primarily associated with the Cayuga Reservation in New York.

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 Cayuga Nation, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Records
Enumeration of Indians fro paymentof annuities; Cayuga Tribe, June 1961 FHL Film 824184

Enumeration  of Indians for payment of annuities; Cayuga Tribe, June 1969. FHL Film 824184 Item 3  

 

Agency Records
Correspondence and Census

Treaties

 * 1784 October 22, at Fort Stanwix with The Six Nations
 * 1789 January 9, at Fort Harmar, with The Six Nations
 * 1792 April 23, with the Five Nations of Indians
 * 1794 November 11, at Konondaigua
 * 1838 January 15, at Buffalo Creek, treaty with New York - acknowledge

Important Web Sites

 * Cayuga Nation Official Website
 * Cayuga Nation Wikipedia
 * The Constitution of the Iroquois Nathions