Search

The Trial of Red Jacket depicts a scene in which Sagoyewatha or Red Jacket, a Seneca leader and orator, is on trial for witchcraft after being accused by rivals Handsome Lake and Cornplanter. Red Jacket was tried around 1801 before a council of warriors on the banks of the Niagara River.

A birdstone or atlatl weight from the archaeological “Woodland Period” in Western New York.

A projectile point from the archaeological Clovis culture, highly mobile big game hunters widespread throughout North America approximately 13,500 to 12,900 years ago.

A Seneca corn husk doll made by Mrs. Poodry on Tonawanda Reservation.

A lamp mat likely made by a Tuscarora artist as souvenir art. This 19th century style of beadwork blended traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) patterns with Victorian fashion elements and household accessories.

A pair of Tuscarora moccasins with extensive beadwork.

A pair of Tuscarora moccasins with extensive beadwork.

Reproduction of clothing for a Seneca woman in the 1850s, based on an 1848 daguerreotype of Caroline G. Parker (1824-1892). Parker was a prominent member of the Seneca nation and sister of General Ely Parker.

This Seneca basket, used for sifting hominy corn, was used on the Cattaraugus Reservation by Mrs. William Crow.