Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

A watertower for the Oneida Nation in Oneida

Sign marking the reservation on Wisconsin Highway 29.

The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin is an Indian reservation of the Oneida tribe on the west side of the Green Bay metropolitan area.

Demography and population

The reservation comprises portions of eastern Outagamie County and western Brown County. The shape of the reservation is an angled rectangle directed to the northeast, due to the area's layout along the Fox River, which runs in the same direction. The reservation has a land area of 265.168 km² (102.382 sq mi) and a 2000 census population of 21,321 persons, over half of whom live on reservation land that is also part of the city of Green Bay. The only community entirely on the reservation is Oneida.

Gambling

In addition to the Ashwaubenon casino, the local Oneida tribe also runs a lottery, the Big Green numbers game. It pre-dates the launch of the statewide Wisconsin Lottery.

Notable people

A traditional ceremonial collar by artist Karen Ann Hoffman, ca. 2007. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

• Karen Ann Hoffman, beadworker
• Purcell Powless, tribal chairman (1967-1990)

Communities

• Ashwaubenon (part, population 907)
• Chicago Corners
• Green Bay (part, population 11,306)
• Hobart (all, population 5,090)
• Howard (part, population 3)
• Oneida

Points of interest

• Austin Straubel International Airport
• Oneida Bingo and Casino

See also

• Oneida Indian Nation

References

• Oneida Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Wisconsin United States Census Bureau

External links

• Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
• website about the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin