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Iroquois rent payers and a pledge to farming life
An article recounts the 1795 treaty with George Washington that secured lands for the Six Nations, the annual rent of 9 dollars and 4 yards of red calico, and the modern Salamanca lease. It highlights Senecas leader Will Hoag, the Cornel Indian Board, and Iroquois farming as culture and power.
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Sclamance
Tetay
United States of America
Aror
Uncle Sam
Department of Indian Affairs
Will Hoag
Senecas
Six Nations
Hoag
George Washington
Mississippi River
United States
Washington
Salamanca
Allegheny River
Canfederscy
Alexander
Bacznye
St. Lawrence
Chesapeake
Hudson
Mississippi
Cornell Indian Board
America
Behring Straits