Resurvey field notes of Onondaga Indian Reservation B1722

Resurvey field notes of Onondaga Indian Reservation

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

The Onondaga Indian Reservation was established by treaty between the Onondaga Indians and the State of New York in 1788. After various tracts were sold by the Onondagas, they petitioned the state for a re-survey of their reservation. This series consists of field notes of a United State Department of the Interior survey of the Onondaga Indian Reservation executed in 1938 to restore and remark the boundaries of the reservation established by an earlier re-survey executed in 1856.

Creator:

New York (State). Office of General Services

Title:

Resurvey field notes of Onondaga Indian Reservation

Quantity:

0.1 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1938

Series Number:

B1722

Administrative History

The Onondaga Indian Reservation, was first established by treaty between the Onondaga Indians and the State of New York in 1788. As various tracts of reservation land were sold by the Onondagas the tracts were surveyed and subdivided under the direction of the state surveyor general. In 1856 the Onondagas petitioned the state for a re-survey of their reservation; the state legislature authorized the re-survey by concurrent resolution dated March 26, 1856, and the map of the survey was approved in 1858.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of field notes of a United State Department of the Interior survey of the Onondaga Indian Reservation. The survey was executed in 1938 at the request of the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs to restore and remark the boundaries of the reservation established by an earlier re-survey executed in 1856.