Onondaga people
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The Onondaga people are one of the five original nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in the Northeastern Woodlands. Their historical homelands are in and around present-day Onondaga County, New Y
Tadodaho Sid Hill, Traditional Chief of the Onondaga Nation at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Sketch by Samuel de Champlain of his attack on an Onondaga village.
Chief Isaac Hill Kaweneseronton, taken in Montreal in 1870 at William Notman's studio.
Iroquois Chiefs from the Six Nations Reserve reading wampum belts in Brantford, Ontario in 1871. Joseph Snow, Onondaga chief, is first on the left.
Tadodaho
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Tadodaho was a Native American Hoyenah of the Onondaga nation before the Deganawidah and Hiawatha formed the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, or "Iroquois League". According to oral tradition, he had extrao
Onondaga people
…traditions and institutions. The culture hero Hyenwatha was an Onondaga Indian and was essential in the early organization of the league. The title of Tadodaho was always held by an Onondaga chief; he was to be the chief arbitrator of the Lords of the Confederacy. The Onondaga maintained the largest number…
Atotarho, the first Iroquois Ruler (1851) by Seth Eastman
Onondaga Lake