Of all the tribes named in these pages, there exist only a few half-civilized beings of the
Oneidas, on the reservations of their people in New York.
“I had lost my bullet-mould in crossing the
Oneida outlet, and had to make shift with the buckshot; but the rifle was true, and didn’t scatter like your two-legged thing there, Judge, which don’t do, I find, to hunt in company with.â€
In this sense, Kellogg articulated what many
Oneidas already knew--that in order to persist as tribal people and as Native nations, they needed sustainable places for industry and ideas.
A nation within a nation; voices of the
Oneidas in Wisconsin.
Oneida Lives: Long Lost Voices of the Wisconsin
Oneidas by Herbert S.
A series of essays by
Oneidas as well as oral histories transcribed by W.P.A.
Even the
Oneidas' most outspoken critics concede that American Indians ended up with a raw deal in encounters with pale invaders.
Sources indicate that the state's hope is that by giving the
Oneidas approval for a casino in the Catskills, the state can obtain concessions from the
Oneidas on other issues, including land claims near Syracuse and taxes on reservation liquor and cigarette sales.
Commission I was challenged several times by other Native people with questions of connection and the rightful "place" of the Wisconsin
Oneidas, always seeming to come back to this idea of "returning home." Were the Wisconsin
Oneidas returning to the homeland after being removed to Wisconsin, or did we leave voluntarily (migrate), and therefore was our "home" now properly understood to be located in Wisconsin?
Oneida Lives: Long-Lost Voices of the Wisconsin
Oneidas.