Onondaga people
Haudenosaunee group of the Eastern Woodlands of North America
Onondaga people
The Onondaga people (; Onondaga: Onoñdaʼgegáʼ IPA: [onũdaʔgegáʔ]), lit. 'People of the Hills') are one of the five original nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy in the Northeastern Woodlands of North America. Their historical homelands are centered in and around present-day Onondaga County, New York, south of Lake Ontario. The most centrally located nation of the Haudenosaunee, the Onondaga are considered the "Keepers of the Fire" (Onondaga: honatjisdané·daʼ) in the figurative longhouse that shelters the Five Nations. The Cayuga and Seneca have territory to their west and the Oneida and Mohawk to their east. The League Council traditionally met at Onondaga, the Haudenosaunee government's capital, as the traditional chiefs do today. In the United States, the home of the federally recognized Onondaga Nation is the Onondaga Reservation. Onondaga people also live near Brantford, Ontario on Six Nations territory as part of the Bearfoot Onondaga First Nation and Onondaga Clear...
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