The Cherry Valley Massacre sparked the Continental Congress to order John Sullivan to attack the territory of some of these people, culminating in the Battle of (*) Newtown, after divided loyalties among them led to the Battle of Oriskany.
Ely Parker, who was one of these people, prevailed against the Ogden Land Company in the 1857 case Fellows v. Blacksmith, which held that the Treaty of Buffalo Creek could only be used by the federal government to force the defendant to give up his sawmill. The Cherry Valley Massacre sparked the Continental Congress to order John Sullivan to attack the territory of some of these people, culminating in the Battle of (*) Newtown, after divided loyalties among them led to the Battle of Oriskany. Some of these people gave up land they'd won in the Beaver Wars 150 years earlier and relocated to the Haldimand Grant in Ontario under the terms of the 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, where they were represented by Joseph Brant. For 10 points, name this group of lacrosse-playing Indian tribes including the Oneida and Mohawk that formed a namesake Confederacy centered on upstate New York.
Ely Parker, who was one of these people, prevailed against the Ogden Land Company in the 1857 case Fellows v. Blacksmith, which held that the Treaty of Buffalo Creek could only be used by the federal government to force the defendant to give up his sawmill.
Iroquois [accept Seneca or Tonawanda before "Cherry Valley Massacre" is mentioned]