The Haudenosaunee nations were originally located in what is now New York state. Living side by side they occupied approximately 49,576 square miles of land. The Mohawk territory extended from the Delaware River north to the St. Lawrence and included most of the Adirondack Mountains. They were bounded on the east by Lake Champlain, Lake George and the Hudson River.
The Oneidas occupied the West Canada Creek, the Unadilla River and the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in St. Lawrence county. Their land extended north to the St. Lawrence River and south to below the Susquehanna.
The Onondaga border ran along the Tioughnioga River, Otselic River and Chittenango Creek. Cayuga’s landbase was situated between Rochester and Syracuse while the Seneca land stretched from the Genesee River to the Niagara Peninsula and southwest to Lake Erie.
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who later joined the Haudenosaunee were originally located in North Carolina.
Today the territories of Haudenosaunee are scattered. The American Revolution saw many nations losing much of their territory while others sold or lost their land to squatters. The Mohawk (147kb/2sec) in New York are located mainly on the St. Regis Indian Reservation also called Akwesasne Mohawk Territory. The Oneida live on 32 acres in Madison County but are purchasing additional lands. Onondaga territory is located south of Syracuse while the Cayugas have no land left in New York and live primarily on the Cattaraugus Senecal lands. The Senecas have divided and now occupy three main land areas with Tonawanda as the capital of the nation.
Many of the Haudenosaunee nations are settled in Canada on the Six Nations of the Grand River territory and other reserves in Southern Ontario and Quebec. Many Haudenosaunee people also live off-reserve.