In the 1960s over 10,000 acres of the Seneca Nation's land was to be forcibly acquired by the US government to make way for a dam to protect Pittsburgh from flooding. To the Seneca who lived in the area however they would not take this treaty violation lying down. They would do everything in their power to find a way to save their ancestral lands and their family's homes.

Sources
Remembering the Removal [Kinzua Dam & Forced Seneca Relocation]Caleb G. Abrams
Broken Promises and Peaceful Waters: Allegheny Reservoir -WARREN CountyKeystone Curiosity

Oldest Seneca citizen shares story of tribe’s struggle, survivalby Leslie Logan September 26, 2020
Johnny Cash "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow" Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian 1964

Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/235382
US Court of appeals ruling 1957https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012641/http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/262/262.F2d.27.14488.html
103 Cong.Rec., 85th Cong., 1st Sess., part 10, p. 13977
John F. Kennedy's letter to the Seneca Nation, Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/235382

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