What is Treaty of Canandaigua?
{{Infobox treaty|name=Treaty of Canandaigua|negotiators=|citations=|parties=* Six Nations of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy * {{flag|United States|1777}}|signatories=* 50 Sachems and War Chiefs of the Iroquois * {{flagdeco|US|1777}} [[Timothy Pickering]] for the U.S.|location_signed=[[Canandaigua, New York]]|date_signed={{start date|1794|11|11}}|original_signatories=|mediators=|image=Courthouse Rock, Canandaigua NY.jpg|condition_effective=|date_effective=|date_sealed=|date_drafted=|context=|type=|image_size=250px}} The '''Treaty of Canandaigua''' or '''Pickering Treaty''' or the '''Calico Treaty''' (1794) was a treaty between the [[Iroquois|Iroquois Confederacy]] and the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794 {{!}} Nation to Nation|url=https://americanindian.si.edu/nationtonation/treaty-of-canandaigua.html|access-date=2022-08-13|website=americanindian.si.edu}}</ref> The treaty was signed after the American Revolution. [[Sachem]]s (chiefs) signed the treaty for the Iroquois. Notable Iroquois include [[Cornplanter]], [[Handsome Lake]], [[Little Beard]], [[Red Jacket]] and [[Farmer's Brother]]. [[Timothy Pickering]] signed the treaty for the United States. The treaty created peace between the Iroquois and the United States. The treaty was meant to resolve conflict. The Iroquois were not happy that the United States got land from Britain after the American Revolution. The Iroquois said no to the Fort Harmar and Fort Stanwix treaties. The Iroquois and United States had a conference for several months from September to November. The treaty said Americans couldn't take lands of the Iroquois. It acknowledged lands owned by Oneida and Seneca people. The US would also give money to the Iroquois each year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-02-23|title=The Canandaigua Treaty of 1794|url=https://www.onondaganation.org/government/the-canandaigua-treaty-of-1794/|access-date=2022-08-13|website=Onondaga Nation|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kahvecioglu|first=Kerem|date=2020-11-30|title=T