The Oneida Tribe
The Oneida Tribe was originally located in New York, but now reside in their reservation just outside Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The Oneida Tribe was once a member of a large Indian family called the Iroquois Confederation. The Iroquois had five nations in its family; the Mohawks, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, the Senecas, and the Oneidas. Their villages were once located in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
The Oneida Tribe used to live in what they called longhouses because the houses were 50 to 150 feet long. They would build them near one another to form villages, and were only required to relocate the longhouses every ten to fifteen years due to bad soil. After each longhouse was built, a large wall would be built around the village as a form of protection.
On the inside of the longhouse would be a long center down the hallway directing each family to a platform -- although there were multiple families to one longhouse, they lived together as one big family because the Iroquois strongly believed in sharing. They shared the fire, the furs, the food, and the chores.
On the inside of the longhouse would be a long center down the hallway directing each family to a platform -- although there were multiple families to one longhouse, they lived together as one big family because the Iroquois strongly believed in sharing. They shared the fire, the furs, the food, and the chores.