By: Eun Sil Choi, Betty Miller, Michelle Miller, and
Hanni Patterson-Smith
While the peoples of the Oneida
Nation are not originally native to
the state of Wisconsin, they have
fought for their rights to the lands of
their new home, and have maintained
their culture despite relocation and
assimilation.
 The Origins of the Oneida Tribe
 A Remarkable Leader,
 Land
 Treaties
 Assimilation
 Culture
 Religion
“Shenendoah”
 One member of Iroquois Confederacy - “the
League of the Haudenosaunee.”
 Lived in the upper states of New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio
 The Creation story
“Shenendoah”
 decided to side with the U.S.
in the Revolution War
 Had Christian beliefs
 Signed agreements with the
U.S. government
 Was called as “the White
Man’s Friend”
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Oneida Homeland: Lake Oneida New York State
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Great Law of the Haudenosaunee
"The Chiefs of the Confederacy shall eat together
from one bowl the feast of cooked beaver's tail.
While they are eating they are to use no sharp
utensils for if they should they might accidentally cut
one another and bloodshed would follow. All
measures must be taken to prevent the spilling of
blood in any way.”
Beaver
Wars
http://www.oneidanation.org/culture/page.aspx?id=2478
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Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784
ARTICLE 2.
“The Oneida and Tuscarora nations
shall be secured in the possession
of the lands on which they are
settled.”
Later to come: Treaty of Fort
Stanwix, 1788
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ARTICLE 1.
“First Christian and Orchard parties of Indians cede to the United States all their title and interest in the land
set apart for them”-1831
Oneidanationlegal.com
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~dalbello/FLVA/voic
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White Pines
Dawes Allotment Act of 1887
“That in all cases
where any tribe or
band of Indians has
been, or shall
hereafter be, located
upon any reservation
created for their
use…to allot the lands
in said reservation in
severalty to any Indian
located thereon in
quantities…”
Present Day
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http://www.oneidanation.org/culture/
page.aspx?id=2478
1834 Wisconsin
opens for White
settlement
?-1620: Time of 1784
1st Treaty of Fort
1887 Dawes
Great
Stanwix
Act
Abundance
1821 New York to
1700-1770
1934 Indian
Green Bay
Beaver Wars
Reorganization
European Conversion 1838 Official
Land
1822 Cession to
1788
Oneidas
nd
Around 1620:
1936 New
2 Treaty of
1850
White
1st Encounter
Constitution
Fort Stanwix
Pines
with Small 1766-1781
pox
1845 Henry
American
Dodge
Revolution
1785 Alcohol:
Rum
1985 Law Suit
with Brown
and
Outagamie
Counties
1988
Casino
profits help
to buy
more land
back for
Oneida
 Iroquoian family language related to Mohawk,
Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora, distantly
Cherokee
 Oral language learned through ceremonial
speeches and many stories
 Within 3 reservations in NY, Wisconsin and
Ontario all speak English
 Wild berries, nuts, maple syrup but mostly
beans corn and squash
 Three sisters as sustainers of life that are
gifts from the creator
 Benefits of inter-planting still used in
modern agriculture
 Special occasions & ceremonies
 Garments painted and decorated with
porcupine quills
 Moose hair embroidery
 Woven grass skirts covered in fur
 garments made of animal pelts
 Leather breechcloths, deerskin moccasins and
ponchos, fur robes during for cold weather
 Three clans: the Wolf, Turtle or Bear clans
 A person's clan is the same as his or her
mother's clan
 Identified according to their spirit name
 what we now call an Indian name
 Each gender, clan and family unit within a clan
all have particular duties and responsibilities
 Men
 Hunting, building homes (longhouses), warfare,
agriculture, make tools
 Women
 In charge of major decisions,
care for children, cooking,
food preparation, carry on clan
name, harvesting,
MICHELLE MILLER
 April—Thunder Ceremony
 May—Seed Dance
 Oneida Opening Prayer
 Supreme creator—Orenda
 Caring for mother earth important duty
 Teaching of Handsome Lake