Featured Oneida

Polly Cooper


Polly Cooper has long been held up as an example of the courage, generosity and indomitable spirit of the Oneida people.

According to Oneida oral tradition, Polly Cooper was a member of the relief mission organized by Chief Shenendoah, who sent a party of Oneidas with ...
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Other Noteworthy Oneidas

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Clinton Pierce (Turtle Clan) is the first American Indian to graduate from the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. He was the group foreman for the CCC-ID projects on the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) reservations. Read More »

IMAGE Ray Elm (Turtle Clan)

Ray Elm

Although Ray Elm (Turtle Clan) passed away in 1997, he will forever live within the Oneidas’ hearts and in the hearts of many more as the name behind the Ray Elm Children and Elders Center. To understand why the building was named after Ray, we must look back at the man that was. Read More »

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Richard Chrisjohn

Shako:wi Cultural Center is named after Richard “Dick” Chrisjohn (Wolf Clan) whose Oneida name means “he gives.” Read More »

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