Everything about Onondaga Tribe totally explained
The
Onondaga (
Onöñda'gega' or
the People of the Hills) are one of the original five constituent nations of the
Iroquois (
Haudenosaunee) Confederacy. Their traditional homeland is in and around
Onondaga County, New York. Being centrally located, they were the Keepers of the Fire (Kayečisnakweˀnì•yuˀ in
Tuscarora) in the figurative
longhouse, with the
Cayuga and
Seneca 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 indeed the traditional chiefs do today.
History
In the
American Revolutionary War, the Onondaga were at first officially neutral, although individual Onondaga warriors were involved in at least one raid on American settlements. After an American attack on their main village on
April 20, [[1779], tThe Onondaga later sided with the majority of the League and fought against the
United States in alliance with the
British. Thereafter, many Onondaga followed
Joseph Brant to
Six Nations,
Ontario after the United States was accorded independence.
On
November 11,
1794, the Onondaga Nation, along with the other Haudenosaunee nations, signed the
Treaty of Canandaigua with the United States, in which they gave up their right to the land in exchange for annual dues of $2,400 and 150
bushels of
salt.
New York State still pays the money despite the inflation and no longer delivers the salt.
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Those Onondaga remaining in New York are under the government of traditional chiefs nominated by
clan mothers, rather than elected.
On
March 11,
2005, the Onondaga Nation of
Nedrow, New York, filed a land rights action in federal court, seeking acknowledgement of title to over of ancestral lands centering in
Syracuse, New York. In doing so they hope to obtain increased influence over environmental restoration efforts at
Onondaga Lake and other EPA
Superfund sites in the claimed area. This lawsuit is facing a motion to dismiss based on the precedent established in the
Cayuga nation's land claim
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Notable Onondaga people
Image:Irving_Powless_Jr.jpg|Onondaga Beaver Clan, Chief
Image:Rose_Doctor.JPG|Wolf Clan, Clanmother
Today
Onondaga Nation in Nedrow, New York outside Syracuse
Onondaga of Ohswegen and Bearfoot Onondaga, both at Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario, Canada
Other spellings encountered
Onöñda'gega' Onondaga Language
Onontakeka Oneida Language
Onondagaono Seneca LanguageFurther Information
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