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Cayuga Nation, New York

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1784–1838, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 39,285 km² in 7 cessions across New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Named in the treaties as: Six Nations · The several tribes of New York Indians

Royce 246, 1838Royce 247, 1838Royce 250, 1838Royce 9, 1794Royce 10, 1794Royce 1, 1784Royce 2, 1784
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
1October 22, 1784 Six Nations · with 8 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
2October 22, 1784 Six Nations · with 8 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
9November 11, 1794 Six Nations · with 8 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
10November 11, 1794 Six Nations · with 8 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
246January 15, 1838; February 3, 1838; May 12, 1854 The several tribes of New York Indians · with 6 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
247January 15, 1838; February 3, 1838 The several tribes of New York Indians · with 6 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
250January 15, 1838 The several tribes of New York Indians · with 6 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text

Trails across these lands

Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.