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Oneida Nation

Oneida Nation. By: Eun Sil Choi, Betty Miller, Michelle Miller, and Hanni Patterson-Smith.

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Oneida Nation

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  1. Oneida Nation By: Eun Sil Choi, Betty Miller, Michelle Miller, and Hanni Patterson-Smith

  2. While the peoples of the Oneida Nation are not originally native to the state of Wisconsin, they have fought for their rights to the lands of their new home, and have maintained their culture despite relocation and assimilation.

  3. Contents • The Origins of the Oneida Tribe • A Remarkable Leader, “Shenendoah” • Land • Treaties • Assimilation • Culture • Religion

  4. The Origins of the Oneida Tribe • One member of Iroquois Confederacy - “the League of the Haudenosaunee.” • Lived in the upper states of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio • The Creation story

  5. A Remarkable Leader of the Oneida Tribe “Shenendoah” • decided to side with the U.S. in the Revolution War • Had Christian beliefs • Signed agreements with the U.S. government • Was called as “the White Man’s Friend”

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  7. Oneida Homeland: Lake Oneida New York State http://www.oneidalakeassociation.org/nys-map-2.gif

  8. Great Law of the Haudenosaunee "The Chiefs of the Confederacy shall eat together from one bowl the feast of cooked beaver's tail. While they are eating they are to use no sharp utensils for if they should they might accidentally cut one another and bloodshed would follow. All measures must be taken to prevent the spilling of blood in any way.” BeaverWars http://www.oneidanation.org/culture/page.aspx?id=2478 http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/NorthAmerica/images/LargeBeaverPhoto.jpg

  9. Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784 ARTICLE 2. “The Oneida and Tuscarora nations shall be secured in the possession of the lands on which they are settled.” Later to come: Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1788 http://www.nps.gov/fost/historyculture/images/FOSTiroquois-treaty240pix.gif

  10. Relocation ARTICLE 1.“First Christian and Orchard parties of Indians cede to the United States all their title and interest in the land set apart for them”-1831 http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~dalbello/FLVA/voices/839/voices/amind/landcessions.jpg Oneidanationlegal.com

  11. http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2004/08/16/jaoakley/46649c.jpghttp://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2004/08/16/jaoakley/46649c.jpg White Pines

  12. http://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/americanhistory/elementary/si_07_jpegs/Garrison_Dawes_Act_1.jpghttp://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/americanhistory/elementary/si_07_jpegs/Garrison_Dawes_Act_1.jpg Dawes Allotment Act of 1887 “That in all cases where any tribe or band of Indians has been, or shall hereafter be, located upon any reservation created for their use…to allot the lands in said reservation in severalty to any Indian located thereon in quantities…”

  13. Present Day http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~dalbello/FLVA/voices/839/voices/amind/landcessions.jpg

  14. Assimilation of the Oneida

  15. http://www.oneidanation.org/culture/page.aspx?id=2478

  16. Oneida Timeline 1834 Wisconsin opens for White settlement 1985 Law Suit with Brown and Outagamie Counties 1784 1st Treaty of Fort Stanwix ?-1620: Time of Great Abundance 1887 Dawes Act 1821 New York to Green Bay 1700-1770 Beaver Wars European Conversion 1934 Indian Reorganization 1838Official Land 1822Cession to Oneidas 1788 2nd Treaty of Fort Stanwix Around 1620: 1st Encounter with Small pox 1936New Constitution 1850 White Pines 1988 Casino profits help to buy more land back for Oneida 1766-1781American Revolution 1845 Henry Dodge 1785 Alcohol: Rum

  17. Oneida Culture: Lihutahkw

  18. Language: Ukwehuwehnena • Iroquoian family language related to Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora, distantly Cherokee • Oral language learned through ceremonial speeches and many stories • Within 3 reservations in NY, Wisconsin and Ontario all speak English

  19. Food: Kakhwa • Wild berries, nuts, maple syrup but mostly beans corn and squash • Three sisters as sustainers of life that are gifts from the creator • Benefits of inter-planting still used in modern agriculture

  20. Dress: Haudenoshaunee • Special occasions & ceremonies • Garments painted and decorated with porcupine quills • Moose hair embroidery • Woven grass skirts covered in fur • garments made of animal pelts • Leather breechcloths, deerskin moccasins and ponchos, fur robes during for cold weather

  21. Clans: Otala • Three clans: the Wolf, Turtle or Bear clans • A person's clan is the same as his or her mother's clan • Identified according to their spirit name • what we now call an Indian name • Each gender, clan and family unit within a clan all have particular duties and responsibilities

  22. Gender Roles • Men • Hunting, building homes (longhouses), warfare, agriculture, make tools • Women • In charge of major decisions, care for children, cooking, food preparation, carry on clan name, harvesting,

  23. Religious nature and spiritualism MICHELLE MILLER

  24. Ceremonies • April—Thunder Ceremony • May—Seed Dance • Oneida Opening Prayer

  25. Oneida Opening Prayer

  26. Beliefs • Supreme creator—Orenda • Caring for mother earth important duty • Teaching of Handsome Lake

  27. Thank You!

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