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Cayuga Nation · cayuga indian nation · cayuga nation · The People of the Great SwampCayuga Nation
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- Official name
- Cayuga Nation
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- New York
In the record
One court case turned on its rights: Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Pataki.
The records group it with Haudenosaunee (Six Nations). This nation carries the history of Cayuga in the treaty record.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
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Working with these nations
- Oneida Indian Nation Nation government About 18,000 acres in trust (2022 est.), 25,000-acre cap under 2013 agreement
- Rematriation Native-led Indigenous women-led media, education, community advocacy Give on their site Website
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Allied land trust Funder/partner in several tribal land returns Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
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Connections
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Land recorded in this nation’s name 7, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Six Nations in New York, ceded 1784 (area 2)1784
- Land of the Six Nations in Pennsylvania, ceded 1784 (area 1)1784
- Land of the Six Nations in New York, recorded 1794 (area 10)1794
- Land of the Six Nations in New York, recorded 1794 (area 9)1794
- Land of the The several tribes of New York Indians in New York, recorded 1838 (area 250)1838
- Land of the The several tribes of New York Indians in Wisconsin, ceded 1838 (area 246)1838
- Land of the The several tribes of New York Indians in Wisconsin, recorded 1838 (area 247)1838
Part of 1
Carries the treaty history of 1
Named in 1
Sources
- cayuganation-nsn.gov/history-culture/reference work
known as The People of the Great Swamp , is one of the five original Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Cayuga Nation
Research notes
Cayuga Indian Nation of New York in case title.
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