The Seneca Nation is a Native American tribe in the Iroquois Confederacy with 7,200 members and three territories in western New York. They were traditionally agricultural and lived in longhouses, with property belonging to women. The nation has a constitution and government branches, and owns several casinos and a tourism industry. The Seneca Nation is […]
The Seneca tribe is the largest of the five Native American nations in the Iroquois League. They settled in what is now New York state, spoke Ogwehoweh, and referred to themselves as “great hill people”. They hunted, fished, and farmed “the three sisters” crops. They became allies of the British against the French and maintained […]
The Seneca Indians were a prominent tribe in the Iroquois nation, with reservations in western New York and Canada. They were sedentary, grew crops, hunted, and were known for their warfare skills. They had a representative democracy and allied with the Dutch and British. Their language, Ogwehoweh, is fading. The Seneca Indians are a tribal […]
The women’s suffrage movement began in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention, where attendees discussed women’s rights. Charlotte Woodward Pierce signed the Declaration of Sentiments, which included a demand for voting rights. The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920, but Pierce was unable to cast her vote. In July 1848, the […]
Seneca was a Roman philosopher and playwright who served as Emperor Nero’s tutor and advisor. He studied Stoic philosophy in his youth, clashed with Caligula and Messalina, and returned to Rome at the request of Agrippina to tutor Nero. He retired in 63 and was ordered to commit suicide by Nero in 65. Seneca’s philosophical […]
