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Kleis Site
Nearest city Hamburg, New York
NRHP reference  No. 79001580 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 20, 1979

Kleis Site is an historic archeological site located at Hamburg in Erie County, New York. The site contains the remnants of a 17th-century Iroquoian village and burial ground, and is one of a small number of Native American villages on the Niagara Frontier. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "LANDMARK SETTLEMENT PROTECTS NATIVE BURIAL SITE: Spitzer Suit First Under Federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act". Media Center issuances (18 July 2000). New York State Attorney General. July 30, 2009.