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Oneida Member Mary Winder

Mary Winder


In an era when minorities were allotted few freedoms, Mary Cornelius Winder (Wolf Clan) came of age.

In 1920 at age 22, she threw off the confines society sought to inflict upon her, and began what would become her lifetime crusade -- winning recognition of the Oneida Nation's right to thousands of acres of its ancestral lands guaranteed to the Oneida People in the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua. Mary had inherited this mission from her father, Wilson Cornelius, and she in turn would pass it down to her daughter, Gloria, and grandson, Ray Halbritter. ...
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  • Kuhl Highlights Oneida Women in History at DFAS Lunch Event

    Kathy Kuhl, Oneida Nation’s Central New York Indian Outreach Coordinator, was a recent guest speaker at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service’s (DFAS) Women’s History Month ‘Lunch-and-Learn’ event. Kuhl told of the rich history and accomplishments of Oneida women. Her talk told of Sky Woman, the Three Sisters, Two Kettles, Polly Cooper, Mary Winder and the many Oneida women who have served and are currently serving this country as members of the armed forces. Her talk focused on the accomplishments of these and other Oneida women in history and she shared with the group information about the role of women in Oneida culture, a matrilineal society.

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