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The Oneida people (/ oʊ ˈ n aɪ d ə / ⓘ oh-NY-də; [1] autonym: Onʌyoteˀa·ká·, Onyota'a:ka, the People of the Upright Stone, or standing stone, Thwahrù·nęʼ [2] in Tuscarora) are a Native American tribe and First Nations band.
The Oneida Indian Nation (OIN) or Oneida Nation (/ oʊ ˈ n aɪ d ə / oh-NY-də) [1] is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people in the United States. The tribe is headquartered in Verona, New York, where the tribe originated and held territory prior to European colonialism, and continues to hold territory today.
The Oneida Nation of the Thames holds an annual Oneida Fair, the third weekend in the month of September. The Oneida Fair was once an occasion for the people to celebrate and compete in agricultural events and other competitions associated with their historical rural lifestyle. Today most Oneida people do not rely on an agricultural lifestyle.
He led many Oneida to fight against the British and their Iroquois allies, who came from four nations of the Confederacy. Chief Skenandoa commanded 250 warriors from the Oneida and Tuscarora tribes. [11] [12] In the 1800s New York Governor Daniel D. Tompkins gave him a silver pipe in recognition of his contributions.
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The Oneida Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people in Wisconsin. [1] The tribe's reservation spans parts of two counties west of the Green Bay metropolitan area . The reservation was established by treaty in 1838, and was allotted to individual New York Oneida tribal members as part of an agreement with the U.S. government.
Shikellamy (1680 - December 6, 1748), also spelled Shickellamy and also known as Swatana, was an Oneida chief and overseer for the Iroquois confederacy.In his position as chief and overseer, Shikellamy served as a supervisor for the Six Nations, overseeing the Shawnee and Lenape tribes in central Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna River and protecting the southern border of the Iroquois ...
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