- Web sites
External Web sites
- How Stuff Works - History - Oneida Indians
- Official Website of the Oneida Indian Nation "Information on concept of Oneida Indian Nation, its historical background, Treaty of Canandaigua in 1794, and sovereign right of the Oneida Nation to govern its lands and affairs that located in the Central New York region. Contains resource on archaeological findings on their cultural heritage, details of present political system and governance, economic enterprises, and activities of legal and health department. Features a cookbook, maps, and Shako:Wi Cultural Center, clans, treaties, language, and businesses."
Britannica Web sites
Articles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.
- Oneida - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)
The Oneida were the smallest of the five original Native American tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy. The confederacy was an alliance of tribes that lived in upper New York State and spoke similar languages. The Oneida traditionally lived east of what is now the city of Syracuse.
- Oneida - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
The American Indians known as the Oneida were historically the least populous of the five original tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy. Like the other members of the alliance, the Oneida were Northeast Indians who spoke an Iroquoian language. They lived in what is now central New York state, east of the site of present-day Syracuse. Their name for themselves, Oneyoteaka, means "people of the standing stone."