Where did the Cayuga originally live?
- The Cayuga tribe originally lived in new york state
- There are still many that still live in new York, but many also were forced to go to Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Ontario, Canada.
- There are still many that still live in new York, but many also were forced to go to Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Ontario, Canada.
How do you pronounce Cayuga and what is means
- kye-OO-gah.
- In their language they call themselves, Gayogohono. ( People of the swamp )
- In their language they call themselves, Gayogohono. ( People of the swamp )
Where the Cayuga tribe part of the Iroquois confederacy?
- Yes the Cayuga was part of the confederacy.
- they were 1 of the 6 original tribes.
- they called themselves, Haudenosaunee (people of the longhouse) or Six Nations.
- they were 1 of the 6 original tribes.
- they called themselves, Haudenosaunee (people of the longhouse) or Six Nations.
How was the Cayuga tribe's government organized?
- the tribal council was chosen by the clan mothers (matriarchs, or female leaders.)
- ten cayuga chiefs represented them in the iroquois council.
- it is very similar to our government today, in fact the Cayuga tribe was one of the examples of representative democracy used by America's founding fathers.
- ten cayuga chiefs represented them in the iroquois council.
- it is very similar to our government today, in fact the Cayuga tribe was one of the examples of representative democracy used by America's founding fathers.
When did the Cayuga tribe lose their land?
- they lost their land in the 1700s
- Today they don't have any land either, but the ones that live in new York state lives with their allies the Senecas and Onondagas.
- they still have their own council of clan chiefs
- in Canada they live in the six nation reserve which they share with the other iroquois
Members.
- Today they don't have any land either, but the ones that live in new York state lives with their allies the Senecas and Onondagas.
- they still have their own council of clan chiefs
- in Canada they live in the six nation reserve which they share with the other iroquois
Members.
Do present cayuga tribe members still speak their own language?
- some speak English
- but some, mostly in Canada speaks their native language.
- but some, mostly in Canada speaks their native language.