{"id":2651695,"date":"2026-08-29T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seneca-nation-president-calls-on-trump-to-rescind-order-renaming-lake-ontario\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T11:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:27:28","slug":"seneca-nation-president-calls-on-trump-to-rescind-order-renaming-lake-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seneca-nation-president-calls-on-trump-to-rescind-order-renaming-lake-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Seneca Nation president calls on Trump to rescind order renaming Lake Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseneca-nation-president-calls-on-trump-to-rescind-order-renaming-lake-ontario%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2651695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca has condemned President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America,considering it a disrespectful act toward Indigenous peoples,notably the haudenosaunee nations including the Seneca. He urges the order&#8217;s rescission, emphasizing the lake&#8217;s indigenous roots, as reflected in historical agreements like the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua. The move comes amid heightened U.S.-Canada trade tensions, with tariffs impacting Canadian goods and reciprocal Canadian tariffs being enacted. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney also acknowledged Lake Ontario&#8217;s Indigenous heritage,noting the lake&#8217;s name originates from the Wendat word Ontari\u2019io,meaning &#8220;the lake is lovely,the lake is big,&#8221; and predates both Canadian Confederation and U.S. independence. The president\u2019s order affects only the U.S. government and does not alter international or Canadian designations of the lake.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/native-americans\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"173\">Seneca Nation<\/a> President J. Conrad Seneca is calling on President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> to reverse his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/executive-order\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3200\">executive order<\/a> changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One day after Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4702971\/trump-executive-order-rename-lake-ontario-america-canada-trade-war\/\">inked an executive order<\/a> on Thursday changing the name of the lake under the official U.S. government, Seneca called the move \u201cunacceptable\u201d and an act of \u201cblatant disrespect toward the Seneca people, other Haudenosaunee nations, and all Indigenous people.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4705178\/seneca-nation-calls-trump-rescind-lake-ontario\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Seneca Nation president calls on Trump to rescind order renaming Lake Ontario<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4704269\/trump-six-months-iran-war-little-fanfare\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump administration lets six-month anniversary of Iran war pass with little fanfare<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4703958\/glenn-beck-trump-farmers-ranchers\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Glenn Beck interview prompts Trump to allow farmers and ranchers to process their own food<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe President cannot assert ownership over our culture or erase it through irresponsible political action,\u201d Seneca said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/sninews.org\/2026\/08\/28\/seneca-nation-president-addresses-president-trumps-call-to-rename-lake-ontario\/\">statement<\/a>. \u201cHis order should be rescinded, and the name Lake Ontario should be left as it is, reflective of the Seneca people, other Haudenosaunee nations and all Indigenous people surrounding the lake.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seneca pointed to Lake Ontario\u2019s indigenous roots, referencing a 1794 agreement then-President George Washington made with the Seneca Nation called the Treaty of Canandaigua. The treaty established peace between the United States and the Haudenosaunee Native American nations, of which the Seneca is a part. The Haudenosaunee nations surround Lake Ontario, in the area of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"61\">New York<\/a> and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/quebec\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"5574\">Quebec<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s order on Thursday came as part of escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"366\">Canada<\/a>, after the two countries failed to meet an agreement last Friday over tariff terms. On Aug. 22, the Trump administration\u2019s 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods\u00a0went into effect, prompting Canada to instate \u201cdollar-for-dollar\u201d reciprocal tariffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Canadian Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-carney\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11724\">Mark Carney<\/a>\u2018s response to Trump\u2019s executive order renaming Lake Ontario on the U.S. side, he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4703419\/canada-carney-lake-ontario-trump-name-change\/\">also noted the lake\u2019s indigenous roots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4703532\/trump-order-rename-lake-ontario-where-does-change-apply\/\">TRUMP SIGNED AN ORDER TO RENAME LAKE ONTARIO TO LAKE AMERICA \u2014 WHAT TO KNOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari\u2019io, which, appropriately, means \u2018the lake is beautiful, the lake is big,&#8217;\u201d Carney <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkJCarney\/status\/2093066041286910329?s=20\">posted<\/a> on X Thursday. \u201cThe name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s order on the name change applies only to the U.S. government and not to any other foreign government bodies or entities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seneca President urges Trump to rescind Lake Ontario name change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2651697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lake-Ontario-AMERICA-3.png?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[84611,84851,3634],"class_list":["post-2651695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-lake-ontario","tag-seneca-nation","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lake-Ontario-AMERICA-3.png?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2651695"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651700,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651695\/revisions\/2651700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2651697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2651695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2651695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2651695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}