SOCI 1100 Day 8 9/25/14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHiD6PaWnus

Agenda Vocabulary Activity Tribal choices – creation stories for 9/30/14 Story Telling Oneida Relocation

Review Activities http://www.quia.com/mc/2659851.html http://www.quia.com/quiz/4946233.html

http://www. youtube. com/watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Ly3HoM_WY Iroquois Oral Tradition (we watched on 9/23) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNY7L_RdObA Storytelling Native American Storytellers; The story of the giants (Lakota) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfWe7c_pj-U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6E8jpFasR0 white board on storytelling

Creation Stories http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGmO-X60GhM ( Lower Columbia River Region in NW Oregon and SW Washington) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mhycDsNvuE (4 collected tribal stories)

Influence of the Iroquois http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK7OmIDmiB8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y9p9iwvlpQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ka7HgmQYDw

The following history comes from Loretta Metoxen, Oneida Tribal Historian Interview December 2008

Oneida Relocation It wasn’t the chiefs who decided to come to Wisconsin, it was their Christian leader Eleazor Williams who influenced them. He had worked with the Governor of New York, the Ogden Land Company, the Episcopalian Church and the Department of War. The Oneidas fell under the Department of War’s jurisdiction.

He moved into Chief Shenandoah’s home in Oneida Castle, NY in 1817 He moved into Chief Shenandoah’s home in Oneida Castle, NY in 1817. There he built an extension onto the home and established a school for the children. What he truly did was influence the women and I believe that he worked hard to influence the clan mothers. He would give them long talks that would last around 3 hours. He knew that influencing them was important because the tribe was matriarchal and they influenced the men’s decisions.

The U.S. ideology at the time was to move all of the Iroquois Nations from New York to Michigan territory, which ultimately became Wisconsin at a later date. Eleazor Williams was raised Catholic, although he converted in later years and the Menominees had the influence of mainly the Catholic Church and the French fur traders. Through the church connection, Eleazor could discuss this with the Menominees and Eleazor went to see Governor Cass (Michigan Territory) in 1820 with representatives from the Iroquois people.

In 1821, they made a return trip that resulted in the Treaty of 1821 and then again another treaty in 1822 for the use of 8 million acres of land in which the Menominee held. My personal feelings (Loretta Metoxen) was that Eleazor was a scoundrel because he used the U.S. Government, the NY government, the Ogden Land Company and the church to get the Oneidas to move west and he took money from all of these entities unknown to the Oneida chiefs of the time. We didn’t truly have any knowledge of it until about 30 years ago.

The Oneidas moved by families and the families that were closest to Eleazor and went to his school were most influenced. The groups that didn’t have the formal education and were considered more traditional did not have the same influence. There would be 3 or 4 heads of families coming with their extended family probably 20 – 25 people, then when the lead group would come and get established then more would come.

One group broke off and didn’t travel to Wisconsin but traveled to the Thames, Ontario, Canada in 1840 lead by Moses Schuyler and they had sold some of their lands to the State of New York and pooled their money and bought 5000 acres along the Thames River. They went in one group and landed in Fort Stanley. http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/oneida/page10.html

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada designates the settlement as Oneida 41 Indian Reserve or simply as Oneida 41.  The Oneida people who live or are descendants of people at the "Oneida Settlement" always insist that their lands be called a "settlement" because Oneida people purchased the relocation lands in Ontario. This is a distinction from having the lands "set aside" or "reserved" for them. Many other lands inhabited by indigenous people in North America are called "Indian reserves". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Nation_of_the_Thames

Below is the ship named Walk in the Water and Oneidas had traveled through the Great Lakes to the Green Bay, Wisconsin.  New to the shipping industry was steam, when most ships still used wind power.  Subsequently, the ship sank on its return trip.

Through a series of trips to Wisconsin and fractions in the tribe, there are 3 seperate reservations; Wisconsin, New York and one in the Thames, Ontario. Canada.  Each community acts independently as its own Nation with no governmental responsibility to the other.  New York Ontario

“We the Oneida people will strive to strengthen and restore a better understanding of the Great Law, our spirituality, history, language, culture and traditions in order to retain our identity and values as Unkwehonwe people; We the Oneida people recognize the need to create a safe, harmonious and self sufficient community that will provide a clean environment, healthy life choices and a sustainable economy for the benefit of all; …

Together we the Oneida people will strive to govern and manage our own affairs with the courage to exercise our sovereignty and independence as we evolve into the future.” http://www.oneida.on.ca/

Assignments Week #4 Writing Assignments Vocabulary activity on Thursday, 9/25