Tribal, Seneca-Cayuga Nation

SENECA-CAYUGA TRIBE -  The Seneca–Cayuga Nation is one of three federally recognized tribes of Seneca people in the United States.  It includes the Cayuga people and is based in Oklahoma, United States.  The tribe had more than 5,000 people in 2011.  They have a tribal jurisdictional area in the northeast corner of Oklahoma and are headquartered in Grove.   They are descended from Iroquoian peoples who had relocated to Ohio from New York in the mid-18th century.  Two of the three federally recognized Seneca tribes are located in New York: the Seneca Nation of New York and the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians.

The Seneca–Cayuga criteria for Nation membership are:

• All persons of Indian blood whose names appear on the official census roll of the Tribe as of January 1, 1937, when it was reorganized;
• All children born since the date of the said roll, both of whose parents are members of the Nation;
• Any child born of a marriage between a member of the Seneca–Cayuga Nation and a member of any other Indian tribe who chooses to affiliate with the Seneca–Cayuga Nation;
• Any child born of a marriage between a member of the Seneca–Cayuga Nation and any other persons if such child is admitted to membership by the Council of the Seneca–Cayuga Nation.
• There are 5,059 enrolled members of the Nation, of which 1,174 live in Oklahoma.
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