Independent research, clearly attributed.

Purpose and audience

Our purpose is to increase the clarity, accessibility and traceability of public treaty and land-use research in Western New York.

We examine Seneca treaty history, the Cattaraugus Territory, Buffalo Creek history and contemporary questions involving parcels, jurisdiction, legal instruments and development. We aim to make public-source research useful to attorneys, the Seneca Nation and affected stakeholders, historians, government agencies and professionals involved in land-use questions.

We do not speak on behalf of the Seneca Nation, its members, any tribal authority, any government or the courts.

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Editorial independence

Publication is not conditioned on adopting a position for the City, Seneca Nation, private developers or an opposing litigant. We present positions as positions and carefully describe the scope of any authoritative ruling.

Privacy and corrections

This public publication has no visitor accounts or embedded contact form, and its current first-party scripts do not intentionally deploy advertising trackers. The territory GIS viewer makes ordinary requests to Seneca Nation, U.S. Census, USGS and optionally OpenStreetMap services, which may receive IP address, browser information, time and requested map area. Hosting may retain access logs. See the publisher’s privacy notice. Documented corrections can be emailed to info@goldeneaglestudios.com with a page URL, passage and supporting primary sources.

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