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The name Oneida is derived from the English pronunciation of Onyota'a:ka, the people's name for themselves. Onyota'a:ka means "People of the Standing Stone". This identity is based on an ancient legend. The Oneida people were being pursued on foot by an enemy tribe.
The Oneida culture places a strong focus on oral narrative tradition: [13] so much so that in the absence of use as primary communication, this is the major societal role of the Oneida language. In the words of the Oneida Men's Council and Clan Mothers, the "traditional Oneida language is a vital link to our ancestors and national identity". [14]
The Oneida Indian Nation (OIN) or Oneida Nation (/ oʊ ˈ n aɪ d ə / ⓘ oh-NY-də) [1] is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people in the United States. The tribe is headquartered in Verona, New York , where the tribe originated and held territory prior to European colonialism, and continues to hold territory today.
His family later moved to Oregon and he finished high school there. Huang donated $2 million to OBI for a dorm and classroom building. Former Kentucky Gov. Bert T. Combs also was a student at one ...
Oneida Carry, a portage for native and colonial Americans in Central New York; Oneida Community, a religious intentional community in Oneida, New York; Oneida Limited, the international tableware company; Oneida (band), a five-piece rock band from Brooklyn, New York; Oneida, a genus of moths; USS Oneida, any of five ships in the U.S. Navy
Oneida Nation School System is a tribal K-12 school in Oneida, Wisconsin. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), [ 1 ] and serves the Oneida Nation . It has a 162,000-square-foot (15,100 m 2 ) 38-classroom elementary school building and a separate high school building.
The Oneida Community (/ oʊ ˈ n aɪ d ə / oh-NYE-də) [1] was a perfectionist religious communal society founded by John Humphrey Noyes and his followers in 1848 near Oneida, New York.
A former Oneida High School football coach and Oneida Tribal Court bailiff was sentenced to five years in prison for distributing sexually explicit images of minors online.