Onondaga
Haudenosaunee central nation
Onondaga refers to a Native American people originally from central New York State, one of the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
The Onondaga served as "keepers of the fire"—the central council fire of the confederacy was held in their territory.
The term also names their Iroquoian language and their traditional homeland near present-day Syracuse: the Onondaga Nation.
Native American confederacy
- Six NationsIroquois tribal confederacy
- confederacyAlliance for shared purpose
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
territory · treaties · clan · matrilineal · council · chiefs · sachem · nation
Native confederacy's faith tradition
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- HiawathaNative American statesman-figure
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
Three Sisters · tobacco · feast · condolence · midwinter · firekeeper
City in two eras
- Finger LakesEleven glacial lakes in New York
- LiverpoolMajor English port city
- PompeyFirst Triumvirate member
- CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
Iroquois
Native American confederacy
- Six NationsIroquois tribal confederacy
- confederacyAlliance for shared purpose
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
reservation · territory · treaties · clan · matrilineal · council · chiefs · sachem · nation · tribal
Longhouse
Native confederacy's faith tradition
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- HiawathaNative American statesman-figure
wampum · Three Sisters · tobacco · feast · condolence · midwinter · firekeeper
Syracuse
City in two eras
- Finger LakesEleven glacial lakes in New York
- LiverpoolMajor English port city
- PompeyFirst Triumvirate member
Iroquoian
Native American language family
OnondagaBritish Empire
Vast colonial domain
colonial settlers · New France · United States · New York State