sandy manheim framer and thelma webster, the oneida tribe is not originally from wisconsin.ey are one of the six nations of the iroquois confederacy originally ancestor homelands in upstate new york. the women were always influential political counselors. they were the farmers. they grew the three sister crops of corn, beans and squash. they hold a lot of power in society. there is sided with the american colonists during the revolutionary war. after the war of 1812, unitas were forced to relocate like a lot of native nations they were forced west and oneida broke up into three communities. one in canada, one that stated new york and once i came to wisconsin. so when wisconsin, at the oneida reservation is just as they green bay, it is the right angular reservation tribal, nontradable parcels of land. it is interesting that about half the population lives below the pove