Cornelius Seneca with Representative John Rabu of New York State
1 2018-08-15T14:27:39-07:00 Dana Reijerkerk 3c44fb85ab096c2290175e81dd4f16f0002a41e0 30861 3 Photograph of Nation President Cornelius V. Seneca (1940-1942, 1944-1946, 1956-1958) and New York Congressman John Rabu. plain 2018-08-21T01:58:46-07:00 National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RDSS) 2018-08-13 stillimage NAD-010 64-NA-1513 (U.S. National Archives) Cornelius V. Seneca, NY Representative John Rabu independent sovereign nations Seneca-Iroquois National Museum The U.S. National Archives eng Photograph of Nation President Cornelius V. Seneca (1940-1942, 1944-1946, 1956-1958) and New York Congressman John Rabu. This image is held at the National Archives at College Park- Still Pictures (RDSS). Public Domain reformatted digital image/jpeg print, electronic Record has been transformed into MODS from the original accession record. Metadata originally created in a locally modified version of qualified Dublin Core. languageOfCataloging authority = "iso639-2b"; dcTerm:language recordCreation Date encoding = "w3cdtf"; dcTerm:date subject authority = "aat"; dcTerm:subject subject authority = "tgn"; dcTerm:coverage dateCreated encoding= "w3cdtf"; dcTerm:temporal New York (state), Cattaraugus (county), Allegany Reservation, Allegany (county) This record was created by Dana Reijerkerk. General Service Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Office of Educational Programs, Education Division, ?-4/1/1985 (creator) 1 photograph 1957-05-24 Dana Reijerkerk 3c44fb85ab096c2290175e81dd4f16f0002a41e0This page is referenced by:
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The Legal Battle for Kinzua
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In 1957 Congress appropriated funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct Kinzua Dam, thus beginning a legal battle between the Seneca Nation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1957 to 1962 the Seneca Nation and allies to our Seneca people lobbied Congress to prevent Kinzua Dam from being constructed.
After it was announced that Kinzua Dam was to be built, President Cornelius hired Arthur E. Morgan as the Seneca Nation's chief engineer and adviser. Morgan collaborated with our Seneca people to create an alternative dam site and flood control plan, one that would not require the relocation of our Seneca communities on our Allegany Territory.
The Conewango Plan, devised by Morgan, would divert flood waters from Ohi:yo' through the Conewango basin and into Lake Erie. The Army Corps of Engineers dismissed the Conewango Plan.
In September of 1957 the Seneca Nation requested that an independent third party survey and study of the Kinzua Dam and Conewango Reservoir proposals be done to provide a second opinion. The report produced by the New York City firm Tipetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton firm supported the viewpoint of the Army Corps of Engineers that the Conewango Plan was not better than the Kinzua site plan.
On May 25, 1960 Congress passed an appropriations bill to construct the dam. Construction began later that year.
