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Jikonhsaseh

 
 
Jikonhsaseh Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, October 13, 2012
1. Jikonhsaseh Marker
Inscription. Mother of Nations met and advised the Peacemaker on formation of Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy ca. 900 AD. She is buried nearby.
 
Erected 1984 by George E. Pataki, Governor.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
 
Location. 42° 57.667′ N, 77° 24.74′ W. Marker is in Victor, New York, in Ontario County. It is at the intersection of Boughton Hill Road (County Route 41) and Victorl-Holcomb Road (New York State Route 444), on the right when traveling west on Boughton Hill Road. Marker is on the site of Ganondagon State Park - the site of the most significant settlement destruction of the Denonville Campaign. A number of other markers between Webster and here commemorate the events. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Victor NY 14564, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ezra Wilmarth (a few steps from this marker); Ganondagan (within shouting distance of this marker); Gannagaro (within shouting distance of this marker); Deohako (within shouting distance of this marker); Onenodaji:h (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Seneca Women as Horticulturalists
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(about 400 feet away); Haudenosaunee (about 400 feet away); Gayanessha'gowa (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Victor.
 
Jikonhsaseh Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
2. Jikonhsaseh Marker
Eastward
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2018. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 1,094 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on September 12, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York.   2. submitted on October 28, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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