Oneida tribe in the context of "Onondaga people"

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⭐ Core Definition: Oneida tribe

The Oneida people (/oʊˈnaɪdə/ oh-NY-də; autonym: Onʌyoteˀa·ká·, Onyotaʼa:ka, the People of the Standing Stone) are a Native American tribe and First Nations band. They are one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy in the area of upstate New York, particularly near the Great Lakes and around Oneida Lake and Oneida County.

The Oneida have two federally recognized tribes in the United States: the Oneida Indian Nation in New York, and the Oneida Nation in and around Green Bay, Wisconsin. In Canada the two Oneida First Nations are both located in Ontario: the Six Nations of the Grand River, and the Oneida Nation of the Thames in Southwold.

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Oneida tribe in the context of Onondaga Nation

The Onondaga people (Onondaga: Onoñda’gegá’, "People of the Hills") are one of the five original nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy in the Northeastern Woodlands. Their historical homelands are in and around present-day Onondaga County, New York, south of Lake Ontario.

Being centrally located, they are considered the "Keepers of the Fire" (Kayečisnakwe’nì·yu in Tuscarora) in the figurative longhouse that shelters the Five Nations. The Cayuga and Seneca have territory to their west and the Oneida and Mohawk to their east. For this reason, the League of the Iroquois historically met at the Iroquois government's capital at Onondaga, as the traditional chiefs do today.

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← Onondaga Nation ← Onondaga people
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Native Americans in the United States → First Nations in Canada → Band government → Iroquois → Upstate New York → Great Lakes → Oneida Lake → Oneida County, New York → Federally recognized tribe → United States → Oneida Indian Nation → New York (state) → Oneida Nation → Green Bay, Wisconsin → Canada → Ontario → Six Nations of the Grand River → Oneida Nation of the Thames → Southwold, Ontario →