About The Seneca Nation of Indians

The Seneca Nation of Indians, one of the six original tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy, occupy sovereign lands in western New York.
The Seneca historically controlled trade through and protected the Western territories of the Iroquois Confederacy, represented symbolically as a Longhouse, thereby assuming the reference “Keeper of the Western Door”.

The Seneca Nation’s three (3) sovereign territories are comprised of 22,011 acres along the Cattaraugus Creek, from the Lake Erie shoreline to Gowanda NY, known as the Cattaraugus Territory; 31,095 acres along the Allegany River and the Southern Tier Expressway, known as the Allegany Territory, and a one square mile parcel in Cuba, NY called the Oil Spring Territory. The Allegany Territory has the distinction of having several congressional towns and the City of Salamanca within its boundaries.

The Seneca Nation endeavors to preserve its rich cultural heritage and welcomes the opportunity to share it with the global community.  Through the Enterprise Division of the Nation, revenues are generated that provide necessary services and programs to all tribal members, especially its youth and elder population.