hamlet
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Cattaraugus County
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Seneca Nation of Indians
The Seneca Nation of Indians is a federally recognized Seneca tribe based in western New York. They are one of three federally recognized Seneca entities in the United States, the others being the Tonawanda Band of Seneca (also in western New ...
. The area of the hamlet not included on the Reservation is located on the northeastern border of the town of
Hanover
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pass through the hamlet, which is next to
Cattaraugus Creek
Cattaraugus Creek is a stream, approximately long, in western New York in the United States.New York State Route 438 terminates just across the creek. The elevation of the hamlet is above sea level. The ZIP Code for Irving is 14081.
The hamlet serves as the mailing address for the Seneca nation's governmental headquarters on the Cattaraugus Reservation. Irving alternates as the capital of the Nation with Jimerson Town on the Allegany Reservation every two years. It last served as the Nation's capital from 2022-2024. Several tax-free gasoline stations and smoke shops are located in the hamlet, as is Seneca Gaming and Entertainment, a Seneca-owned
bingo
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hall.
Sunset Bay, another small community, is located just west of Irving. Sunset Bay frequently floods during unseasonably warm winter days because of
ice jam
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s that form in the nearby Cattaraugus Creek as water melts.
There is a popular summer beach community on Snyder Beach for non-Indians (one of the few such locations on the Cattaraugus Reservation). About 170 families lease summer cottages at Snyder Beach on Lake Erie; some had come to the area for generations. The Seneca had repeatedly notified the landowner, John Metzger, that the property was within the reservation and he was not allowed to lease to non-Seneca. In July 2012, Sunset Bay was raided by Seneca marshals, who tried to evict all non-Seneca lessees because they were not members of the tribe. Seneca officials said that only the Tribal Council could give permission to non-Seneca to live in reservation land. As of the end the summer, the action was revoked and the 170 non-Seneca lessees were honored and permitted to stay.The Associated Press, "Seneca Nation plans to evict non-Indians living on Snyder Beach", 28 July 2012, accessed 7 July 2014Herbeck, Dan and Kathleen Ronayne (July 28, 2012) "Senecas plan to evict Snyder Beach residents" ''The Buffalo News'', Retrieved July 28, 2012.
The Thomas Indian School of Irving was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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