Oneida territory in New York

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Oneida territory in New York was a region in what is now central New York State traditionally inhabited and controlled by the Oneida Nation, one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic Indigenous territory
traditional homeland
affectedBy Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)
Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784)
post-Revolutionary land cessions
associatedNation Oneida nation
surface form: "Oneida Indian Nation"

Oneida nation
surface form: "Oneida Nation of Wisconsin"

Onyota’a:ka (People of the Standing Stone)
associatedPeople Oneida nation
surface form: "Oneida people"
associatedSacredSites traditional Oneida village sites and sacred places
associatedWithEvent American Revolutionary War alliances of the Oneida
colonialEncroachmentBy British colonial authorities
U.S. state of New York
surface form: "State of New York"
confederacyMembership one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee
controlledBy Oneida nation
surface form: "Oneida Nation"
culturalRegion Northeast Woodlands
surface form: "Northeastern Woodlands"
culturalSignificance core homeland of the Oneida Nation
ethnographicRegion Haudenosaunee cultural landscape
historicalLanguageFamily Iroquoian languages
historicalPeriod colonial era
early United States period
pre-colonial era
legalStatusToday largely under jurisdiction of the State of New York
locatedIn New York
surface form: "New York State"

central New York State
present-day United States
memberOfLargerCulturalArea Haudenosaunee homelands
neighboringTraditionalTerritory Mohawk territory in New York
Onondaga territory in New York
originalMemberNation Oneida nation
surface form: "Oneida Nation"
partOf Haudenosaunee
surface form: "Haudenosaunee Confederacy"

Iroquois Confederacy
politicalRole territory of one of the original Haudenosaunee nations
preColonialStatus sovereign Indigenous territory
preContactUse agriculture, hunting, and settlement by Oneida people
relatedModernEntity Oneida Indian Nation reservation lands in New York
Oneida Nation land reacquisitions in New York
subjectOf land claims by Oneida Nation
successorJurisdiction Herkimer County, New York NERFINISHED
Lewis County, New York
Madison County, New York NERFINISHED
Oneida County, New York NERFINISHED
Onondaga County, New York NERFINISHED
Oswego County, New York NERFINISHED
parts of central New York counties
traditionalInhabitants Oneida nation
surface form: "Oneida Nation"
traditionalLanguage Oneida language

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cayuga alliedWith Oneida territory in New York
this entity surface form: "Oneida"
Six Nations of the Grand River hasEthnicGroup Oneida territory in New York
this entity surface form: "Oneida"
Haudenosaunee hasOriginalMemberNation Oneida territory in New York
this entity surface form: "Oneida"
Mahican migratedTo Oneida territory in New York
Onondaga relatedEthnicGroup Oneida territory in New York
this entity surface form: "Oneida"
Seneca relatedEthnicGroup Oneida territory in New York
this entity surface form: "Oneida"
Tuscarora relatedEthnicGroup Oneida territory in New York
this entity surface form: "Oneida"
Mohawk relatedGroup Oneida territory in New York
this entity surface form: "Oneida"

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