Oneida Indian Nation

Oneida Indian Nation of New York Oneida Indian Nation
Native American
Oneida Indian Nation of New York Tribal Seal
Ethnicity	Haudenosaunee, Iroquoian
Location	United States Oneida County, Vernon, NY, Madison County, Verona, New York
Descended from	Oneida people
Population	1,000+
Branches	Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Oneida Nation of the Thames, Affiliated Tribes Six Nations of the Grand River, Seneca Nation, Onondaga Nation, Tuscarora Nation, Mohawk Nation, Cayuga Nation, other Iroquoian peoples
Language	Onyota'aka, English, other Iroquoian languages
Religion	Christianity, Longhouse Religion, Other Indigenous Religion

The Oneida Indian Nation (OIN) or Oneida Nation (/oʊˈnaɪdə/ oh-NYE-də ^ⓘ)^[1] is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people in the United States. The tribe is headquartered in Verona, New York, where the tribe originated and held territory prior to European colonialism, and continues to hold territory today. They are Iroquoian-speaking people, and one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, or Haudenosaunee. The Oneida are known as "America's first allies" as they were the first, and one of the few, Iroquois nations to support the American cause.^[2] Three other federally recognized Oneida tribes operate in locations where they migrated or were removed to during and after the American Revolutionary War: one in Wisconsin in the United States, and two in Ontario, Canada.

The OIN was a party to land claim suits against the state of New York for treaties and purchases it made after the American Revolutionary War without ratification by the United States Congress, as required under the US Constitution. The litigation covered complex issues related to trust lands, Class III gaming, property, and sales tax collection. The 2013 landmark agreement entered into on May 16, 2013, between Madison and Oneida Counties, the OIN, and the state resolved these issues.

Today, the Oneida Indian Nation maintains sovereignty over roughly 18,000 acres of land in Madison and Oneida County, New York where they operate a number of businesses under the 2013 landmark agreement between the OIN, the State of New York, and Madison and Oneida Counties. These businesses include a resort with a Class III gambling casino.