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The Seneca or Onödowá’ga:’ (pronounced: Oh-n'own-dough-wahgah) or "Great Hill People" are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the farthest to the west within the Six Nations or Iroquois League (Haudenosaunee) in New York before the American Revolution. They were the largest ...
Haudenosaunee: Who We Are The Haundenosaunee Confederacy has been in place since time immemorial. The Peacemaker was sent by the Creator to spread the Kariwiio or good mind. With the help of Aiionwatha commonly known as Hiawatha, the Peacemaker taught the laws of peace to the Haudenosaunee. Travelling from community to community they both succeeded in persuading the Chiefs of each nation to joi...
People of the Hills The Onondaga Nation is a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The Haudenosaunee is translated to the People of the Longhouse which is an alliance of native nations united for hundreds of years by law, traditions, beliefs, and cultural values. The Haudenosaunee is also referred to as the Iroquois or the Six Nation Confederacy. The Haudenosaunee consist of the Mohawk, Onei...
Onondaga Longhouse resides in the Tuscarora township on the Six Nations Reserve, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. There is a private, sacred burying ground for the Onondaga Longhouse adherents, near the Longhouse. It is closed to the public and designated for indigenous peoples only. Recorded burials began in the 1930s and continued through 2020. Onondaga Longhouse is one of five lo...