For this module’s journal blog entry, I decided to read about the Canandaigua Treaty of 1794. I found out about this treaty from the website of the Ganondagan community website. The Ganondagan community is based out of a town called Victor, right outside of Rochester, New York. The community is from the Seneca tribe, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.

          The Canandaigua Treaty was signed on November 11^th, 1794 in Canandaigua, New York. It established a friendship between the young United States of America and the Seneca/Iroquois people and created a time of peace between the two nations. It allowed each tribe to govern and set laws as an individual nation and recognized each nation as sovereign from each other. I found it very interesting to find out that the Seneca people sent 800 representatives to the treaty council. This to be showed just how important this treaty was to the Seneca people. I also found it interesting to see that the Seneca people trusted Quakers enough to have them attend this meeting as mediators in an attempt to ensure that the council reached a fair outcome for all parties involved. This meeting proved successful as the Seneca people were restored land rights that were taken away under the previous Fort Stanwix Treaty.

          The Canandaigua Treaty is still in effect and recognized to this very day. As a sign of continued observance to this treaty, the United States of America still donates $4,500 annually for clothing distribution to the Seneca people. This is a tradition that dates back over 200 years and every year the Seneca people celebrate Canandaigua Treaty Day to honor its importance in Seneca and Iroquois history.

Ganondagan. (n.d.). Canandaigua Treaty of 1794. Retrieved from Ganondagan: http://www.ganondagan.org/Learning/Canandaigua-Treaty