Seneca Nation says Trump’s Lake Ontario renaming violates 232-year-old treaty

President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America has drawn sharp criticism from the Seneca Nation, which says the move violates a 1794 treaty signed by George Washington. Google Maps has already adopted the new name for U.S. users, sparking a social media backlash.

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