Cattaraugus Reservation
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Cattaraugus Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois nation located in New York. As of the 2000 census, the Indian reservation had a total population of 2,412. It is divided among three counties for census purposes:
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Sign in the Seneca language outside the community center on the Cattaraugus Reservation
- Cattaraugus Reservation, Cattaraugus County
- Cattaraugus Reservation, Chautauqua County
- Cattaraugus Reservation, Erie County
The reservation stretches from Lake Erie inward along Cattaraugus Creek, along either side of New York State Highway 438. This a small cluster of Seneca-owned businesses along U.S. Highway 20 where crosses through the reservation, including a casino. The reservation is mostly rural, with one-family homes along Route 438 interspersed with businesses such as tobacco shops.