onondaga

• Nom désignant un membre du peuple amérindien iroquois, historiquement établi entre le lac Champlain et le fleuve Saint-Laurent, ou la langue iroquoise parlée par ce peuple.

A noun referring to a member of the Iroquoian people who historically lived between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River, or the Iroquoian language spoken by this people.

indénombrable · nom propre

1. B2formal

   A member of the Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people originally from the region between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River, part of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.

   Onondaga (peuple autochtone)

   • The Onondaga are known as the 'Keepers of the Fire' in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
   • An Onondaga elder shared stories of their ancestral lands.
   • The Onondaga Nation continues to maintain its cultural traditions today.

2. B2formal

   The Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga people.

   onondaga (langue)

   • Efforts are being made to revitalize the Onondaga language.
   • She is learning to speak Onondaga from her grandmother.
   • The Onondaga language has a rich oral tradition.