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INDIAN PROGRAM
HistoryWithin the EPA Region 2 area, there are several Indian lands. For example, there are Indian Tribes such as the Poospatuck and the Shinnecock, located on Long Island; also, the Ramapough, Nanticoke, and Powhatan located within New Jersey. The Indian lands within Region 2 also include at least 17 Haudenosaunee communities, part of a larger alliance, known as the Six Nations, Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee Confederacy. This Confederacy was established as a confederacy of five nations circa 1000 A.D. (then known as the League of Peace). The French referred to the League of Peace as the Iroquois Confederacy. The English referred to the League of Peace as the Five Nations (the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca) and later the Six Nations (after the Tuscarora joined the Confederacy in about 1712). The United States first entered into a treaty with the Six Nations in 1784; this treaty is commonly referred to as the Treaty at Fort Stanwix. The six members of this Confederacy are:
Individual nations may consist of more than one community, and some consist of several. Not all of the members of the Confederacy are “federally-recognized”. In fact, the Confederacy includes communities that are now located in provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. The Mohawk Nation includes eight separate communities: including three in New York State (Akwesasne or St. Regis, Ganienkeh, and Kanistiohareke or Mohawk Valley), two in Quebec (Kahnawake, and Kahnasatake), and three in Ontario (Tyendinaga, Gibson, and Six Nations). The Oneida Nation includes three communities (Oneidas of New York, Wisconsin, and Ontario). The Seneca Nation includes five communities (Cattaraugus, Alleghany, Oil Springs, Tonawanda, and Seneca lands in Oklahoma). Overview of EPA Region II Indian Program Training on Working Effectively with Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples REGION 2 Indian Program Contacts and Regional Indian Workgroup Members Drinking Water Infrastructure Grant for Indian Nations For more information, contact: yost.christine@epa.gov or whitney.janice@epa.gov
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