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Thursday, November 13, 2003

Members of the Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, tribes held a ceremony on Tuesday to commemorate the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua.

The treaty established the government-to-government relationship between the U.S. and the Six Iroquois Nations. The tribes have used it to support their land claims and defend themselves from state taxation.

A federal appeals court recently ruled that the treaty created reservations that still exist. Tribes are using the decision to buy land in their ancestral territories.

Get the Story:
Iroquois salute treaty; see freedom (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 11/12)

Relevant Documents:
Treaty of Canandaigua (Oneida Nation Treaties Project)

Related Stories:
Appeals court upholds 1794 Oneida treaty (07/22)

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