
Haudenosaunee: Who We Are The Haundenosaunee Confederacy has been in place since time immemorial. The Peacemaker was sent by the Creator to spread the Kariwiio or good mind. With the help of Aiionwatha commonly known as Hiawatha, the Peacemaker taught the laws of peace to the Haudenosaunee. Travelling from community to community they both succeeded in persuading the Chiefs of each nation to joi...
Mount Hope Cemetery is also known as Mount Hope Burial Ground. Located on the north side of Upper Mountain Road on Tuscarora Reservation between Green Road and Garlow Road on private property. Many graves are marked with wooden or iron crosses. Some records of burials from Lewiston death records and Dr. Huggins records. As this land is on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, there is no deed for...
Shirt Wearing People The Tuscarora peoples are an Indigenous group in the Iroquoian language family. This nation had its origins in what is now the state of North Carolina, but they migrated north to New York and Pennsylvania in the 18th century. The word Tuscarora is derived from their extensive use of hemp for cloth, rope, and other materials, and it means "hemp gatherers." After a migration...
==1711 Massacre at Bath At dawn on September 22, 1711, more than 500 Tuscarora, Core, Neuse, Pamlico, Weetock, Machapunga, and Bear River Indian warriors swept down on the unsuspecting European settlers living along the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers of North Carolina. Over the following days, they destroyed hundreds of farms, killed at least 140 men, women, and children, and took about 40 captives. ...
This project is for the history of the Tuscarora Tribe.==Summary====Notables====Timeline====resources, references and links==