Tuscarora Nation

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and other agency records.



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

One of the Five or Six Iroquois Nations

Tribal Headquarters
Tuscarora Nation 5226 Walmore Road Via Lewistown, NY 14092 Phone: 716-264-6007

Brief Timeline
1711: Tuscarora War began when the tribe raided

1715: The Tuscarora Indians moved north and joined the Iroquois Confederacy

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


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

Superintendency
Records for Superintendencies exist in the National Archives and copies of many of them are also available in other research facilities.

Michigan Superintendency

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records

Military Records
A record of Native Americans Mustered into Service in theWar 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
 * 1792 Treaty, with the Five Nations of Indians
 * 1794 December 2, at Oneida, with the Oneida, Etc.
 * 1794 Treaty, with The Six Nations
 * 1838 January 15, at Buffalo Creek with The New York Indians

Important Websites

 * Tuscarora and Six Nations Website
 * Tuscarora Tribe Wikipedia