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Cayuga Nation of New York
Cayuga Nation of New York
| Cayuga | ||||||
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| Total population | ||||||
86,000+ | ||||||
| Regions with significant populations | ||||||
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| Languages | ||||||
| Gayogohó:no’, English, other Iroquoian dialects | ||||||
| Religion | ||||||
| Kai'hwi'io, Kanoh'hon'io, Kahni'kwi'io, Longhouse, Handsome Lake, Other Indigenous Religion | ||||||
| Related ethnic groups | ||||||
| Seneca Nation, Onondaga Nation, Oneida Nation, Mohawk Nation, Tuscarora Nation, other Iroquoian peoples |
The Cayuga nation (Guyohkohnyo or the People of the Great Swamp) was one of the five original constituents of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), a confederacy of Indians in New York. The Cayuga homeland lay in the Finger Lakes region along Cayuga Lake, between their league neighbors, the Onondaga and the Seneca. One current spelling of the Cayuga name is Gayogohó:no’.
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Cayuga Nation of New York
The Cayuga Nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory ... migrated from North Carolina to the border regions between New York and Pennsylvania ...
CAYUGA NATION
The Cayuga nation (Guyohkohnyo or the People of the Great Swamp) was one of the five original constituents of the Haudenosaunee , a confederacy of Indians in New York.
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