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Seneca Nation requests reversal on 'Lake America' executive order

The Hill · August 29, 2026 at 7:59 AM

Seneca Nation requests reversal on 'Lake America' executive order

Seneca Nation President J.

Conrad Seneca called Friday for President Trump to rescind his order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” citing a 225-year-old treaty between Native Americans and the U.S. government.

Seneca said in a statement that this name change, which President Trump authorized in a Thursday executive order, violated the terms of...

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