Senecas
Western New York tribe
Senecas is the plural of Seneca, a member of the Seneca Nation—the largest of the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, historically located in present-day western New York.
The Senecas were known as the "Keepers of the Western Door," guarding the westernmost territory of the confederacy: The Senecas controlled much of the Finger Lakes region.
Native American confederacy
- Six NationsIroquois tribal confederacy
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
self-governance · land claims · jurisdiction · casinos · territory · Salamanca · tribal council · federal recognition
Native confederacy's faith tradition
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
lacrosse · oral tradition · storytelling · beadwork · regalia · creation story · cornhusk dolls · kinship
Zeno's philosophy adherent
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- NeroTyrannical first-century ruler
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- tragediesDramas with fatal endings
suicide · exile · Corsica · rhetoric · ethics · virtue · wisdom · Medea
Colonial separation from Britain
- frontier warsConflicts at territorial edges
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- boarding schoolsResidential institutions for pupils
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
Iroquois
Native American confederacy
- Six NationsIroquois tribal confederacy
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
sovereignty · self-governance · land claims · jurisdiction · casinos · territory · Salamanca · tribal council · federal recognition · nation-to-nation
Longhouse
Native confederacy's faith tradition
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
wampum · lacrosse · oral tradition · storytelling · beadwork · regalia · creation story · cornhusk dolls · kinship · ancestors
Stoic
Zeno's philosophy adherent
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- NeroTyrannical first-century ruler
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
tragedies · suicide · exile · Corsica · rhetoric · ethics · virtue · wisdom · Medea · Phaedra
American Revolution
Colonial separation from Britain
- frontier warsConflicts at territorial edges
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- boarding schoolsResidential institutions for pupils
SenecasAlgonquins
Indigenous northeastern woodland nation
- Seneca FallsHistoric New York reform gathering
- Seneca Falls Convention1848 women's rights assembly