Skaru:reʔ Kayeda:kreh, Nyučirhéʼę | |
|---|---|
 Location of Tuscarora Reservation in red, within Niagara County, New York | |
| Total population | |
| Approximately 450-550[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( New York) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Cayuga | |
| Religion | |
| Longhouse religion, Handsome Lake religion,[2] Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Haudenosaunee, Wyandot, other Iroquoian peoples |
The Tuscarora Reservation (Nyučirhéʼę[3] in Tuscarora) is an Indian reservation of the Tuscarora Nation (Skaru:reʔ Kayeda:kreh in Tuscarora) is an Indian reservation in Niagara County, New York. The reservation population was 1,152 at the 2010 census.
The Tuscarora Nation, previously named the Tuscarora Nation of New York, is a federally recognized tribe of Tuscarora people. The tribe's headquarters is located in Lewiston, New York, and their elected chief is Tom Jonathan.[4]
The Tuscarora is the Sixth Nation in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Their Tuscarora language is an Iroquoian language.
- ^ "Cayuga Nation." Environmental Protection Agency. (retrieved 10 Jan 2011)
- ^ Pritzker 413
- ^ Rudes, B. Tuscarora English Dictionary Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999
- ^ "Tuscarora Nation". ICWA Designated Agents Listing. U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2024.