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Belle Riviere: Warren, Pennsylvania and the Allegheny National Recreation Area
Description
Pronounced "kin- zoo ," by local residents, and " kin -zew-uh" in the Seneca language, the Kinzua Dam is the largest dam in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Its construction in the 1960's was controversial because it forced the departure of Pennsylvania's last Native Americans, the Senecas, who now live nearby on the northern shores of the flooded land near Salamanca, New York. In addition to flood control and power generation, it created Pennsylvania's deepest inland lake, the Allegheny Reservoir, which is also known as Kinzua Lake.
A lawsuit against breaking the U.S. treaty which guaranteed perpetual Seneca ownership of the land had been argued by the Society of Friends (Quakers) but it lost in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1961.
The American country western singer, Johnny Cash, wrote a song about the plight of the Seneca Indians, whose leader, Chief Cornplanter, was a significant figure in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. This was one of the first Native American rights songs and pre-dated popular protest folk music of the later 1960s. Visit this link to to listen to an MP3 recording of the Johnny Cash song.
Contact
- Christopher Lareau
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- Warren PA
- United States 16365
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- +1.8147263599
