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The Cayuga (Cayuga: Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ, "People of the Great Swamp") are one of the five original constituents of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), a confederacy of Native Americans in New York. The Cayuga homeland lies in the Finger Lakes region along Cayuga Lake, between their league neighbors, the Onondaga to the east and the Seneca to the west.
The name Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ ') means "People of the wet lands." They belong to the Iroquoian language family, and were one of the original Five Nations of the League of the Iroquois, who traditionally lived in New York. [3] The Five Nations were the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Cayuga. When the Tuscarora joined the Iroquois ...
Cayuga (Cayuga: Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫˀ) is a Northern Iroquoian language of the Iroquois Proper (also known as "Five Nations Iroquois ") subfamily, and is spoken on Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, Ontario, by around 240 Cayuga people, and on the Cattaraugus Reservation, New York, by fewer than 10. Cayuga is critically endangered, with ...
Pages in category "Cayuga people". The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Cayuga people.
In 1677, the English were able to make an alliance with the Iroquois league called the "Covenant Chain". [47] In 1768, the English renewed this alliance when Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet signed the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768. This treaty put the British in good favor with the Iroquois, as they felt that the British had their best ...
The Seneca–Cayuga Nation is one of three federally recognized tribes of Seneca people in the United States. It includes the Cayuga people and is based in Oklahoma, United States. The tribe had more than 5,000 people in 2011. They have a tribal jurisdictional area in the northeast corner of Oklahoma and are headquartered in Grove. [1]
Website. www.cayugacounty.us. Cayuga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,248. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Auburn. [3] The county was named for the Cayuga people, one of the Native American tribes in the Iroquois Confederation.
Ourehouare. Ourehouare (died 1698) was a native American leader of the Cayuga people. [1] Ourehouare had helped prevent the purchase of Susquehanna lands by William Penn. [2] The Cayugas had moved from what is now the Finger Lake region of Northern New York State to the present Prince Edward County area in Ontario prior to 1673.