What were the customs or traditions of the Oneida Tribe?

Answer 1

The Oneida take into account the cycle of life in all of their ceremonies and thanksgivings. They have an obligation to live in harmony with their environment. Respect for Mother Earth is reflected as they give thanks for all living things. The moon, sun, and the seasons all follow cycles that create balance and harmony. The Oneidas traditionally have twelve ceremonies throughout the year to give thanks for the Creator's gifts.

Answer 2

The Oneida Tribe are members of the League of the Iroquois, . . .

Traditionally, Iroquois people were strongly agricultural, raising corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, and other crops. Iroquois populations were concentrated in settled villages of multifamily or clan houses with agricultural fields which shifted every ten to twelve years. Village and house size varied widely. Hunting, fishing, and gathering activities extended into groups' respective territories. Important gathered resources included nuts, berries, roots, and wild greens. The seasonal round and settlement pattern included large winter villages with multifamily longhouses based on lineages or perhaps clans; large, perhaps multivillage gatherings at spring fishing spots; dispersed summer farming hamlets with single family dwellings and larger communal structures and chiefs' houses; and dispersed fall and winter hunting camps. Green Corn and other harvest festivals were integrated into the seasonal round.

Iroquois societies were strongly matrilineal: women controlled agricultural lands

Answer 3

For more information than you can readily use go to the Library of Congress' website at: loc.gov.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

They made eating utensils. Lol, no, that was a silverware joke... I'm sorry, I do not know.