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Onondaga Salt Springs
Onondaga may refer to: Native American/First Nations * Onondaga people, a Native American/First Nations people and one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois League * Onondaga (village), Onondaga settlement and traditional Iroquois capital * Onondaga language Geology *Onondaga Limestone, a layer of dense limestone that outcrops in New York and Ontario, Canada *Onondaga Cave State Park, in Leasburg, Missouri, named after the geological formation *Onondaga Falls, one of 24 named waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park, in Pennsylvania Places Canada *Onondaga, Ontario, a rural community in the County of Brant, province of Ontario United States *Onondaga County, New York, a county near the center of New York State **Onondaga Reservation, a reservation, which is Onondaga Nation territory **Onondaga, New York, a town in Onondaga County ***Onondaga Hill, New York, a hamlet in the Town of Onondaga **Onondaga Creek, runs through Syracuse to Onondaga Lake, in Onondaga County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onondaga People
The Onondaga people (Onondaga: , ''Hill Place people'') are one of the original five constituent nations of the Iroquois (''Haudenosaunee'') Confederacy in northeast North America. Their traditional homeland is in and around present-day Onondaga County, New York, south of Lake Ontario. They are known as ''Gana’dagwëni:io’geh'' to the other Iroquois tribes. Being centrally located, they are considered the "Keepers of the Fire" (''’'' in Tuscarora) 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. For this reason, the League of the Iroquois historically met at the Iroquois government's capital at Onondaga, as the traditional chiefs do today. In the United States, the home of the Onondaga Nation is the Onondaga Reservation. Onondaga peoples also live near Brantford, Ontario on Six Nations territory. This reserve used to be Haudenosaunee hunting grounds, but much of the Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
