Sunday, May 6, 2007
Okay, today I kind of cheated. I didn’t have anything in particular in mind, and it has been such a relaxing day, that I just picked up the dictionary, determined that I would simply learn a new word. I opened it randomly, and the first word my eyes fell upon was "Oneida”. Oneida is not a new word for me; I knew it was an Indian tribe. But I decided that I would learn something about this Indiana tribe, and that would be it for today.
Here is some of what I learned that I hadn’t known before:
For some reason I was thinking that the Oneida were Sioux, but they were actually part of the Iroquois Confederacy, which included the Mohawk, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Cayuga and the Seneca. The Oneida lived in what is now New York, and they fought for the British during the French and Indian War, but fought for and gave great aid to the colonists during the Revolutionary War.
I enjoyed spending a couple of hours reading and learning about this Indian Nation. For more on the Oneida's history and on the present-day nation, go to:
3 comments:
your Learn Something New entries are great, Lori. I'm learning right along with you! Thanks for that.
The dictionary is a good source of inspiration.
Ok I had to comment after all. My great-great grandmother Emma came from Oneida, New York.
Traci
I like this idea I pick up a lot of books either at the library or to my thrift store just because they feature things I don't know about. I have been reading a book about all the menageries rulers in history colloected, including Rudolp and Josephie, wife of Napoleon. What a lot of trouble the collectors went through! I love to read about Indian life Gerry
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