Editing Cornplanter (section)

==Relocation of Cornplanter's grave==
In 1965, the new federal [[Kinzua Dam]] at [[Warren, Pennsylvania]] was completed, creating the [[Allegheny Reservoir]] for flood control, and permanently flooding all but a small corner of the Cornplanter Tract.<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Wallace | first1 = Paul A. W. |last2 = Hunter |first2=William A. |title = Indians in Pennsylvania |publisher = Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission | location = Harrisburg, Pa | year = 1999| isbn = 0-89271-017-9|page=174
}}</ref>
Cornplanter's grave was moved with the Cornplanter Monument, to higher ground, at the Riverview-Corydon Cemetery, located in [[Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Cornplanter Cemetery - Warren County, Pennsylvania
| access-date = 2012-09-23
| url = http://www.interment.net/data/us/pa/warren/cornplanter/
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
| title = Cemetery Flooded by the Kinzua Dam
| access-date = 2012-09-23
| url = http://www.interment.net/flood/pa/kinzua/relocation.htm
}}</ref> "The grounds are located west of the north central Pennsylvania town of [[Bradford, Pennsylvania|Bradford]] just about 100 yards from the New York state line. The cemetery contains what are believed to be the remains of Cornplanter", and some 300 of his descendants and followers.<ref name="AMHerflooding">{{Cite news
| volume = 20
| issue = 1
| last = Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
| title = Cornplanter, Can You Swim?
| work = American Heritage Magazine
| access-date = 2012-09-23
| date = December 1968
| url = http://www.americanheritage.com/content/cornplanter-can-you-swim?page=show
}}</ref> This property has eroded over the years, threatening the preservation of this important cemetery. The Seneca are reminded of their losses due to this damage.<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Genaro C. Armas
| title = Erosion at Seneca cemetery dredge lingering bitterness
| work = News From Indian Country
| access-date = 2012-09-23
| url = http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=869&Itemid=116
}}</ref> In 2009 the state made plans to try to protect the cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Dean Wells
| title = Work on Cornplanter Cemetery set to begin with spring
| work = The Times Observer, TimesObserver.com
| access-date = 2012-09-23
| date = 2009-03-03
| url = http://www.timesobserver.com/page/content.detail/id/513366.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104936/http://www.timesobserver.com/page/content.detail/id/513366.html
| archive-date = 2016-03-04
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> The State of Pennsylvania erected an honorary marker at the site in 1966, after the original Cornplanter Tract was being submerged.<ref name="phmc"/>