Ganondagan State Historic Site

Infobox_nrhp | name =Boughton Hill
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption =Ganondagan Long House
location= Victor, NY
area =
locmapin=New York
lat_degrees = 42 | lat_minutes = 57 | lat_seconds = 40.16 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77 | long_minutes = 24 | long_seconds = 45.85 | long_direction = W
built = 1670
architect=
architecture=
designated = July 19, 1964 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=402&ResourceType=Site
title=Boughton Hill (Gannagaro)|date=2007-09-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000559

Ganondagan State Historic Site also known as Boughton Hill is a Native American historical site in Ontario County, New York in the USA. The historic site is in the Town of Victor, southwest of the Village of Victor. It consists of two areas: a 245 acre Boughton Hill portion is a National Historic Landmark, and the Fort Hill portion, 33 acres, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.cite web|url=http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/treasures/715c.html|title=National White House Millennium tours|date=|work=|publisher=White House Millennium Tours]

Today

Ganondagan has a small museum, a reconstructed long house and many miles of trails at this location of a 17th Century Seneca village.

eneca Tradition

Ganondagan was a Seneca village in the Western gateway to the Iroqouis domain. It is the at the center of the legend that gave birth to the modern confederacy.

Seneca oral tradition tells of a Huron man who arrived among the Mohawks speaking of peace and an ordered society. This prophet is known today as the The Great Peacemaker. The Mohawk, Oneida, and Cayuga pledged to join his proposed confederation, and following a dramatic interlude, the Seneca agreed also. The discussion about how to bring in the Onondaga found its way into the house of a Seneca woman, Jikonsase, now known as the Mother of Nations. She proposed a solution which eventually brought the Onondaga into the fold. She lived in the vicinity of Ganondagan, and is buried nearby. The Seneca refer to Ganondagan as the "Town of Peace", and revere and protect the burial site of the Mother of Nations.

Ganondagan was attacked in 1687 by the French in an attempt to wipe out competition in New France.

References

See also

*Albany Plan
*Iroquois
*List of New York state parks

External links

* [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=10 Ganondagan State Historic Site] at NYSOPRHP
* [http://www.ganondagan.org/ Friends of Ganondagan]