The Tuscarora Band of Six Nations Indians

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The Tuscarora Band of Six Nations Indians

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TUSCARORA DIGITAL EXHIBIT COLLECTION

Welcome to the Tuscarora Band of Six Nations Tribal Exhibit

The Skarù·ręʔ Eyes Tuscarora Collection

The Tuscarora Band of Six Nations Indians' Skarù·ręʔ Eyes Tribal Exhibit and Digital Collection are historical Tuscarora Records that are shared with the open public as exhibits for all historical purposes served as a resource to acknowledge our inherent Tribal Sovereignty, Tuscarora History, First Nations Art, Six Nations Indian Tribal Census, and to acknowledge 

our ancestral Haudenosaunee Tuscarora Chiefs-Treaty Signers and Clan Mothers.

The Tribal Digital Exhibits:

The Tuscarora Band of Six Nations Indians' Tribal Digital Exhibits will share the online public collection of our Tuscarora History through the Skarù·ręʔ Eyes to acknowledge and honor our Haudenosaunee Ancestors.

Exhibit: 1712 Treaty With Tuscarora Chiefs

1712 Tuscarora Treaty Signers: Tuscarora King Chief Tom Blunt, Chief Saroonha, Chief Heunthanothneh, Chief Cheuntharunthoo, Chief Newoont-tootserey, and Chief Saroonha. Other Tuscarora Indians wanted for Peace Treaty were En-se-que-re-hau, Can-ni-net-kit, No-u-re-u-ti-quot-ka-u, Et-e-hoi-quost, Co-ret-ni-ena, Col-se-ra , Oun-ski-ni-ne-see, Tough-qui-auth, Er-un-tau-hy-ne, and Young Tyler.

Exhibit: 1713 Treaty With Tuscarora Indians

On August 12, 1713, the Tuscarora Treaty Articles of Peace were concluded between the Colonial Government of North Carolina and with our histoical Tuscarora King Blunt and others of the Tuscarura Nation. The 1713 Treaty provides notice of the Tuscarora Settlement and was taken to all the Royal Majesty's other plantations in the colony to be honored herewith. The Colonial Government of Virginia and North Carolina that advances made to the said Tuscarora Nation for making Peace with this Colony.

Exhibit: 1717 Tuscarora Indian Treaty

The June 5, 1717 Tuscarora Indian Treaty with Tuscarora King Tom Blount of the Tuscarora Indians and the Colonial Governor Charles Eden. The 1717 Tuscarora Treaty.  Under Tuscarora King, Chief Tom Blount's band of Tuscarora were granted another reservation away from the attacks of other enemy Indians and settlers in the colony. The 1717 Treaty granted Tuscarora King Tom Blunt and his band of Tuscarora Indians new reservation lands in exhange for their service, protection, and allegiance as an military force to the colony and the North Carolina Colonial Government. By 1717,  the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, had joined, and were among the Tuscarora in North Carolina; specifically, the Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida Nations who helped King Tom Blunt to protect the North Carolina Colony and Colonial Government.

Exhibit: October 1748 Tuscarora Chief James Blount NC Bill

The October 4, 1748 North Carolina General Assembly Colonial House Bill For Ascertaining The Bounds Of A Certain Tract Of Land For The Use Of The Tuscarora Indians in Bertie County under James Blount, Chief of the Tuscarora Nation and People Under His Charge, Their Heirs And Successors Forever

Exhibit: 1757 Tuscarora Chief Blount to Governor Dobbs

The September 25, 1757 Tuscarora Petition by the Tuscarora King Chief James Blount In North Carolina to the Colonial Governor Arthus Dobbs During The French and Indian War Time Period: 1754-1763. Chief James Blount Petitioned The Governor, and The Colonial Council To Grant A Patent, Or Some Better Title Of Lands For The White People Are Abusing Tuscarora Indians.

Exhibit: 1766 Tuscarora Chiefs' Land Lease

The November 10, 1766 Tuscarora Chiefs' Land Lease House Bill For Confirming A Lease Made By The Tuscarora Indian Chiefs To Robert Jones Jr., William Williams And Thomas Pugh Esquires. 

Exhibit: April 22, 1778 Tuscarora Petition

The 1778 Tuscarora Indian North Carolina General Assembly House Bill For Quieting And Securing The Tuscarora Indians And Others Claiming Under The Tuscarora, In The Possession Of Their Lands

Exhibit: 1802 Tuscarora Chiefs Letters With North Carolina

The 1802 Tuscarora Chief William Sacharissa Chew, Chief Samuel Smith, and Chief Longboard Letters To The State Of North Carolina and North Carolina General Assembly Regarding Tuscarora Lands In North Carolina.  

Exhibit: 1803 Tuscarora Indian Treaty With North Carolina

Exhibit: 1831 Tuscarora Chiefs Sign for NC Tuscarora Lands

Exhibit: 1838 Indian Treaty of Buffalo Creek

On August 14, 1838, The Indian Treaty of Buffalo Creek was signed by our ancestral Haudenosaunee Tuscarora Chief Nicholas Cusick, Chief William Chew, Chief William Mountpleasant, Chief John Patterson, Chief Matthew Jack, Chief George L. Printup, Chief James Cusick, Chief Jonathan Printup, Chief Mark Jack, and Chief Samuel Jacobs. The Sachems, Chiefs, and Head Men of the Tuscarora Indians.

Exhibit: 1845 Tuscarora Section of the Population Census

Exhibit: 1905 Tuscarora Chief Andrew Garlow

The 1905 Photo is of the Tuscarora Chief Andrew Garlow (Chief Rolling Bear). Tuscarora Indian Reservation, New York. The lineal Tuscarora Chief Andrew Garlow (b. March 18, 1865- d. July 10, 1950) was the son of Chief William Garlow (b. 1827-1917) and Louisa Garlow (b. 1839), and the nephew of the historic Tuscarora Chief Alexander Garlow, Sr. of the Tuscarora Nation of Indians.

Exhibit: 1913 Tuscarora Chief Jefferson Chew

The 1913 Photo is of the Tuscarora Chief Jefferson W. Chew, Bear Clan. Chief Jefferson Chew was the son of Ozias Chew and Lucy Jack, Bear Clan, Tuscarora Nation. Chief Jefferson Chew was paternal grandson of the Tuscarora Treaty(s) Signer known as the Tuscarora Chief William "Sacharissa" Chew, Turtle Clan (b. 1796- d. 1857) of the Tuscarora Reservation, New York. The Tuscarora Chief Jefferson Chew (b. 1868- d. 1950), and his son, Tuscarora Chief Hibert Chew, Beaver Clan, (b. 1917-d. 2000) has many tribal descendants enrolled as citizens among the Tuscarora Band of Six Nations Indians, and also has tribal relatives among the Tuscarora Reservation in Lewiston, New York and the Six Nations of Grand River in Ohsweken, Ontario.

Exhibit: 1917 U.S. Tuscarora Census: Chief Jefferson Chew

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Exhibit: 1940s U.S. World War II Draft Cards Tuscarora Men


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