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Colgate University in November returned more than 1,500 items that the Oneidas had buried with their dead as far back as 400 years ago.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2023

The items being returned to the Oneidas also include glass beads, ceramic pottery, knives, harpoons and a stone pipe.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022

The Oneidas once held six million acres in New York, but agreed to a treaty ceding nearly all their land to the state.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2022

Along Oneidas Street, the El Dorado Hotshots were working with bulldozers to cut fire line up the hill from those homes city engines were protecting.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021

Now s'pose, Captain, that we buy of these Oneidas and Tuscaroras a water-privilege.

From The Frontiersmen by Aimard, Gustave