Justin Sommers
Brad Ellsworth
Malachi Murphy
The Seneca Indians
• Relied on corn, squash, and beans• Also hunted and fished• Highly skilled at warfare• Known as the keeper of the west • One of the 6 tribes to make up the Iroquois
Culture
• Lived in longhouses• Could be 100 feet long, covered with bark, and could fit a clan up to
60 people• Farmed• Fished, hunted• Bows and arrows, spears• Ate beaver, moose, raccoons, buffalo
Home Life
• Official language was Ogwehowen• First occupied that part of west New York between Seneca
lake and Geneva river • Participated in ritual cannibalism• Tortured their prisoners• Had a constitution between 5 of the 6 tribes• Mohawks and tattoos
History
• American revolution• War of 1812
Wars
• Red Jacket (1758 - 1830)• Cornplanter (1740 – 1836)• Destroy Town • Handsome Lake (1735 – 1815)• Brother to cornplanter• Blacksnake (1760 – 1859)• Ely Parker (1828 – 1895)
Leaders
• Furs• Weapons• Pipes• Food
Trade
• Started in the 1980’s with bingo• Now recognized as a casino• Buffalo New York and Seneca Niagara
Gambling