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Dyodihwasnye'nha' Administration Building 4040 Route 11 Onondaga Nation via-Nedrow, NY 13120 315-469-0302
Today - Onondaga Nation
Today, the Onondaga Nation consists of a 7,300-acre territory just south of Syracuse, on which it maintains its sovereignty and operates outside the general jurisdiction of New York State. The Nation is still governed by a Council of Chiefs, selected in accordance with its time-honored democratic system. In the same vein, many Onondagas ...
Government - Onondaga Nation
The Onondaga Nation is a sovereign nation of people with its own government. This government has been in existence for countless centuries. Like other member-nations of the Haudenosaunee, the Onondaga Nation survives today as a sovereign, independent nation, living on a portion of its ancestral territory and maintaining its own distinct laws, language, customs, and culture.
Facts - Onondaga Nation
Facts. The present-day territory of the Onondaga Nation (“People of the Hills”) is approximately 7,300 acres just south of Syracuse near Nedrow, New York. Between 1788 and 1822, the Onondaga Nation lost possession of approximately 95% of its land through a series of illegal “takings” by the State of New York.
About Us - Onondaga Nation
The Onondaga Nation is a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The Haudenosaunee is translated to the People of the Longhouse which is an alliance of native nations united for hundreds of years by law, traditions, beliefs, and cultural values. The Haudenosaunee is also referred to as the Iroquois or the Six Nation Confederacy.
Sovereignty - Onondaga Nation
Sovereignty is an inherent right that, in the case of the Onondaga Nation, was established with the formation of the Haudenosaunee and adoption of the Great Law of Peace. The Onondaga Nation has had and continues to possess sovereign authority, both as a nation and as part of the Haudenosaunee. With such sovereignty comes the power to pass laws ...
History - Onondaga Nation
Birth of a Nation. Over a thousand years ago on the shores of Onondaga Lake, in present day central New York, democracy was born. The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca people had been warring against each other. There was great bloodshed and death surrounding us. These people of the five nations had forgotten their ways and their ...
Onondaga Nation’s Vision for a Clean Onondaga Lake
The Lake is the living sum of everything in its watershed: the fish, the people, the plants, the soils, the tributaries. Onondaga Lake provides water which should be safe for drinking. Fish and birds make their home in and around the Lake. Food and medicinal plants grow along the shores of the Lake. The Lake was a place for people to fish and hunt.
The Onondaga Nation, in Unprecedented Land Back Moment, …
Jul 1, 2022 · The Onondaga Nation, in Unprecedented Land Back Moment, Regains 1,023 Acres of the Land From New York State. July 1, 2022 by Onondaga Nation
Symbolism Of 2 Governments – Onondaga Nation
Symbolism Of 2 Governments. As colonial leaders such as Ben Franklin an Thomas Jefferson visited with the Haudenosaunee. At these meetings, the chiefs discussed how our government works. These meetings provided a framework for the 13 colonies to form a similar government to be free. The old ones say that the new US government borrowed our ...