Allegany Indian Reservation
Allegany Reservation (Uhì·yaʼ in Tuscarora) is an American Indian reservation in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,020 at the 2010 census. The reservation is primarily occupied by members of the Seneca of the Iroquois, but a smaller number of Cayuga, another Iroquois tribe, also reside there. Historically, the reservation's land was home to the Wenrohronon, whom the Senecas eliminated during the Beaver Wars in 1638.
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