 Traditional Chief of the Onondaga Nation, Todadaho Sid Hill addresses the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 2010 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 United States ( New York) | |
| Languages | |
| Onondaga, English[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Longhouse religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Onondaga people, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Tuscarora, and other Iroquoian peoples |
The Onondaga Nation, formerly known as the Onondaga Nation of New York, is a federally recognized tribe of Onondaga people, headquartered in New York. The Onondaga are of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee, of Iroquois Confederacy.
History
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Government
editThe Onondaga Nation is headquartered in Nedrow, New York. Their current chief is Irving Powless.[2] They are also governed by a council of hereditary chiefs, chosen by clan mothers.
Tribal enrollment
editChildren of tribal members can be enrolled at birth. As the tribe has a matrilineal kinship system, children are considered to be born into the mother's clan. Descent and inheritance are passed through the maternal lines. The tribe requires members to have a mother who is Onondaga
Language
editOnondaga people speak the Onondaga language, a Northern Iroquoian language.[3]
Economic development
editNotes
edit- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Onodaga." Ethnologue. Accessed 24 March 2014.
External links
edit- Onondaga Nation, official website
Category:Native American tribes in New York (state) Category:Federally recognized tribes in the United States