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There is no verb “to own” in Seneca, so what does that mean for our shared history? 

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SCOTT SACKETT: JANDOLI SCHOOL LECTURER I grew up in western New York, the “western door” of the Haudenosaunee. Their name for themselves translates to People of the Longhouse, but you may be more familiar with their French appellation, Iroquois. Their land extended across much of what is now New York State. The original Five Nations…

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