Onöñda’gega’

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Onöñda’gega’ is the Indigenous name for the Onondaga people, one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy traditionally based in what is now central New York.

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Label Occurrences
Onöñda’gega’ canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Haudenosaunee nation
Indigenous people
original member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
associatedWith Great Law of Peace
Onondaga Nation
linked to: Onondaga nation
clanDescent matrilineal
culturalArea Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
culturalIdentifier people of the hills
culturalPractice condolence ceremonies
wampum diplomacy
currentCommunitiesIn New York State
Ontario
englishExonym Onondaga
ethnolinguisticGroup Iroquoian peoples
governedBy traditional Haudenosaunee council system
hasCapitalOrCenter Onondaga Nation territory
hasCollectiveRightsTo traditional territories in central New York
hasEnglishName Onondaga
hasOralTraditionsAbout formation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
isEndonymFor Onondaga people
linked to: Onondaga nation
isOneOf Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee
original Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee
languageFamily Northern Iroquoian languages
linked to: Iroquoian languages
locatedInThePast Finger Lakes region
linked to: Finger Lakes

territory around Onondaga Lake
memberOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy
participatesIn Haudenosaunee Grand Council
politicalStatus central council fire of the Haudenosaunee
recognizedAs sovereign Indigenous nation by Haudenosaunee
relatedGroup Gayogohó:no’ (Cayuga)
linked to: Cayuga nation

Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk)
linked to: Mohawk people

Onyota’a:ka (Oneida)
linked to: Oneida nation

Seneca
Tuscarora
roleInConfederacy firekeepers of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
linked to: Iroquois chiefs
selfDesignationType autonym
speaks Onondaga language
spiritualTradition Haudenosaunee ceremonial cycle
traditionalHousing longhouse
traditionalRegion central New York
linked to: Central New York

present-day United States
treatyHistoryWith British Crown
United States government
usesClanSystem yes
usesWritingVariant Onondaga orthographies
linked to: Onondaga language

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

Onondaga ethnonym Onöñda’gega’
Onondaga nation selfDesignation Onöñda’gega’