ATDTDA (17): Oneida (473.18)

[Tim Strzechowski]

"No, no, that was Crystal's cousin Oneida, string of little ones like elephant babies at the circus ..." (p. 473).



The Oneida (Onyota'a:ka or Onayotekaono, meaning the People of the Upright Stone, or standing stone) are a Native American/First Nations people and are one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy in the area of upstate New York. The Iroquois call themselves Haudenosaunee ("The people of the longhouses") in reference to their communal lifestyle and the construction of their dwellings.

Originally the Oneida inhabited the area that later became central New York, particularly around Oneida Lake and Oneida County.

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The Oneidas, along with the five other tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy, initially maintained a policy of neutrality in the American Revolution.  [...]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_tribe


Oneida is an Iroquoian language spoken primarily by the Oneida people in the U.S. states of New York and Wisconsin, and the Canadian province of Ontario. There are only an estimated 160 native speakers left, despite attempts to reinvigorate the language. [...]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_language