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Seneca Nation Defies Presidential Rename | Monroe Louisiana News
The Seneca Nation is fiercely resisting President Trump’s executive order to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” arguing it violates the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua, which explicitly references the lake. This isn’t the first time Trump has tried renaming major waters — he previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” — moves the Seneca see as an erasure of Indigenous culture. The lake’s original name, from the Huron word meaning “lake of shining waters,” holds deep spiritual and historical meaning for the Seneca, who call it “sga:nyodai:yoh” — “beautiful lake.” Leaders like…
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