Oneida Tribe Research Paper

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With a tribe of 16,567 members the Oneida tribe is one of many tribes in the state of Wisconsin. The Oneida tribe is primarily in Brown and Outagamie counties. With a total of 65,400 acres there is 23,122 acres are tribally owned, 12,208 acres are considered fee land, and 10,904 acres are considered tribal trust land. The Oneida tribe is the 5th largest employer in Brown County and 14th in Outagamie County. There is a committee that composed of nine members including a chairperson, vice-chair, secretary, treasurer, and five council members. The Oneidas were a part of the original Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy that dates back to the 1500s, later becoming the Six Nations when the Tuscarora joined in the 1700s. During the Revolutionary War, the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua between the Oneida and United States would promise to protect their land, as long as the Oneida and the Tuscarora supported the colonies and served in General George Washington’s army. From there three more treaties were made and two acts that helped the Oneida’s protect their land. …show more content…

The Oneidas purchased 5 million acres of land from the Winnebago and Menominee Tribes. They became recognized as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, who also entered their final treaty with the United States in 1838, ten years before Wisconsin entered statehood. The Treaty of 1838, between the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin and the United States established boundaries located in northeast Wisconsin and comprised of 65,430 acres. To this day, the Oneida Reservation has not been diminished or disestablished by an Act of Congress and the reservation boundaries as established by treaty continue to

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