Indigenous Peoples of New York

Records of American Indians in New York are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under NEW YORK - NATIVE RACES and in the Subject Search under the name of the tribe or language group, such as IROQUOIS and ALGONQUIAN. Additional records are listed in the Subject Search under INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA - NEW YORK.

Tribes and Bands of New York
Allegany, Algonquin, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Delaware or Lenni Lenape, Erie, Esopus, Iroquois (Five Indian Nations later Six Indian Nations), Mahican, Mohegan, Montauk, Munsee, Neutral, Oneida, Onondaga, Poospatuck, Saponi, Seneca, Shinnecock, Susquehanna, Tonawanda, Tuscarora, Tutelo, Wappinger, Wenrohronon

Five Nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca

Six Indian Nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora

Akwesasne Reservation

Allegany Reservation State, under jurisdiction _______ Tribe: Seneca

Buffalo Creek Reservation

Cattaraugus Reservation State, under jurisdiction of ______ Office Tribe: Seneca

Cayuga Nation       , under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office, Tribe: ______

Erie Reservation

Oil Springs Reservation

Oneida Nation

Onondaga Reservation

Poospatuck Reservation   ,                     ,   Tribe: Poospatuck

Seneca Nation   State, under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office, Tribe: Seneca

Shinnecock Reservation State, under jurisdiction of ______  Tribe: Shinnecock

St. Regis Mohawk Reservation     ,  under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office, Tribe: _____

Tonawanda Reservation         ,under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office, Tribe: Tonawanda Band of Seneca

Tuscarora Nation       , under jurisdiction of New York Liaison Office, Tribe:______

Agency
New York Liason Office, Federal Bldg., 100 S. Clinton St., Syracuse, NY 13202

Family History Library

 * Duke University Oral History Collection 8 films   1st film 1486555    fiche 6052870
 * Census films 1885-1924 59999979700-579710
 * Holland Company Reocrds 1790-1800 (Buffalo and Erie Counties) 23 films 1st film 1549981

See Also:
New York- History for a calendar of events

New York -Military for a list of forts