Onondaga

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The Onondaga are one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, historically based in what is now central New York.

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Label Occurrences
Onondaga canonical 28
Ontario Onondaga 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Haudenosaunee nation
Indigenous people
associatedWith Syracuse metropolitan area
surface form: Syracuse, New York area
clansInclude Bear clan
Turtle clan
Wolf clan
collectiveName People of the Hills
confederacyPosition central nation of the Haudenosaunee
culturalPracticesInclude Longhouse ceremonies
lacrosse
ethnonym Onöñda’gega’
ethnonymLanguage Onondaga language
governedBy Great Law of Peace
surface form: Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace
hasCouncilFire Onondaga Nation central council fire
hasReservation Onondaga Reservation
historicalRegion Finger Lakes
surface form: Finger Lakes region

New York
language Onondaga language
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
memberOf Haudenosaunee
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Iroquois Confederacy
modernIssuesInclude environmental protection of traditional territory
land rights disputes
oneOfOriginalMembersOf Iroquois Confederacy
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
partOf Iroquois Confederacy
surface form: Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee
politicalStructure clan-based system
relatedEthnicGroup Cayuga
Mohawk
Oneida territory in New York
surface form: Oneida

Seneca
Tuscarora
religion Christianity
traditional Haudenosaunee spiritual practices
reservationLocation Onondaga County
surface form: Onondaga County, New York
roleInConfederacy keepers of the central fire
selfGovernment traditional council of chiefs
traditionalCrops beans
corn
squash
traditionalEconomy agriculture
fishing
hunting
traditionalTerritory central New York
contemporary United States
surface form: present-day United States
treatyHistoryIncludes Treaty of Canandaigua
various treaties with the United States
usesClanSystem yes

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Mohawk relatedGroup Onondaga
Iroquois Confederacy capital Onondaga
Seneca relatedEthnicGroup Onondaga
Tuscarora relatedEthnicGroup Onondaga
Cayuga alliedWith Onondaga
Five Nations hasMember Onondaga
Five Nations hasCapital Onondaga
Six Nations hasMember Onondaga
Six Nations hasCapital Onondaga
Covenant Chain hasKeyGroup Onondaga
Iroquoian peoples includes Onondaga
Onondaga language hasDialect Onondaga
this entity surface form: Ontario Onondaga
Onyota’a:ka (People of the Standing Stone) relatedGroup Onondaga
subject surface form: Onyota’a:ka
Turtle clan ethnicGroup Onondaga