People of the Great Hill

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People of the Great Hill is the English rendering of the Seneca Nation’s traditional self-designation, reflecting their identity as one of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples historically rooted in what is now upstate New York.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
People of the Great Hill canonical 1
People of the Standing Stone 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endonym
ethnonym
self-designation
associatedWith Haudenosaunee NERFINISHED
Iroquois Confederacy NERFINISHED
Seneca people NERFINISHED
category Haudenosaunee terminology
Indigenous ethnonyms
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalContext Haudenosaunee culture
culturalSignificance expression of Seneca connection to their homelands
ethnicGroup Seneca Nation NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Northeastern Woodlands NERFINISHED
identityType collective identity
isTranslationOf traditional Seneca self-designation
languageOfRendering English
meaning people living on or near a great hill
memberOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy NERFINISHED
Six Nations NERFINISHED
partOf Haudenosaunee linguistic and cultural tradition
people Indigenous people of North America
refersTo Seneca Nation NERFINISHED
region upstate New York NERFINISHED
relatedConcept Onödowáʼga:' NERFINISHED
Seneca language NERFINISHED
traditionalTerritory Finger Lakes region NERFINISHED
Genesee River valley NERFINISHED
western New York NERFINISHED
usedBy Seneca Nation of Indians NERFINISHED
Tonawanda Seneca Nation NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

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

Seneca nation selfDesignationMeaning People of the Great Hill
Onyota’a:ka (People of the Standing Stone) alternateName People of the Great Hill
subject surface form: Onyota’a:ka
this entity surface form: People of the Standing Stone