Onyota’a:ka (People of the Standing Stone)

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Onyota’a:ka, or the People of the Standing Stone, are the Oneida Nation, one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy with ancestral homelands in what is now New York State.

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Onyota’a:ka (People of the Standing Stone) canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Haudenosaunee nation
Indigenous people
Oneida Nation
alternateName Oneida
People of the Standing Stone
associatedWithHistoricTerritory Mohawk Valley
Oneida Lake region
central New York
culturalAffiliation Longhouse religion
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands
governanceType traditional council system
hasAncestralHomelandIn present-day New York State
hasAncestralHomelandRegion Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
hasAutonymMeaning People of the Standing Stone
hasCommunityIn New York, United States
linked to: New York

Oneida Indian Nation of New York
linked to: Oneida nation

Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
linked to: Oneida nation

Oneida Nation of the Thames
linked to: Oneida nation

Ontario, Canada
Wisconsin, United States
linked to: Wisconsin
isSovereignNation true
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
memberOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy
originalMemberOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy
partOf Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee
relatedGroup Cayuga
Mohawk
Onondaga
Seneca
Tuscarora
traditionalAlliance British Empire during the American Revolutionary War
traditionalClanAnimals Bear
linked to: bear

Turtle
Wolf
traditionalCrops beans
corn
squash
traditionalEconomy agriculture
fishing
hunting
traditionalLanguage Oneida language
treatyPartyWith British Crown
United States
usesClanSystem true

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Oneida territory in New York associatedNation Onyota’a:ka (People of the Standing Stone)