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Annotated Bibliography:

Beauchamp, W. M. (1888). Onondaga customs. The Journal of American Folklore, 1(3), 195–203. https://doi.org/10.2307/534235

This journal article provides a detailed overview of the various customs and traditions practiced by the Onondaga people. The article describes the Onondaga people’s religious practices, medicinal beliefs, social ceremonies, and funeral practices. The article further describes the legends and stories passed down through generations, thus highlighting the variety of indigenous beliefs and Jesuit influences that the Onondaga people had. This article will be extremely useful in providing specific and detailed information about the history and background of the Onondaga people and will help readers understand who they were and what their influence was. Additionally, this article will function as a transition into more specific information about Indian Hill Memorial Park itself.

Blau, H. (1965). Historical Factors in Onondaga Iroquois Cultural Stability. Ethnohistory, 12(3), 250–258. https://doi.org/10.2307/480514

This article gives information on the cultures and practices of the Onondaga People. Topics covered in this article include: the significance of the Longhouse, and the purposes that it is used for, the importance of the Onondaga to the greater Haudenosaunee nation, and other miscellaneous information on the ethnohistory of the Onondaga Nation, like prestige factors and territorial security. This information will help us provide more context of the practices and history of the people that Indian Hill memorializes.

Dietrich, L. (Ed.). (1994, June 18). Ecumenical service marks Pompey's bicentennial. Syracuse Herald, p. 36. https://access-newspaperarchive-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/us/new-york/syracuse/syracuse-herald-journal/1994/06-18/page-36

In this newspaper article from the Syracuse Herald, details of a church event that was organized at Indian Hill Memorial Park are shared. There is also an anecdote about Father Simon Le Moyne, a French Jesuit Priest that supposedly celebrated mass with people of the Onondaga Nation at this location in the 17th century. This article gives context into what role Indian Hill Memorial Park played in the lives of people living in the Syracuse area and how the land of Indian Hill was used in the late 20th century. This information will be used in our wiki page as a marker of historical context.

Herrick, M. (Ed.). (2020, January 13). Indian Hill. Historical Marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=144383

This article provides a brief overview of Indian Hill Memorial Park. It includes when Indian Hill was erected, the exact location, other nearby markers, and photographs of the park. This article will be used in our own Wiki article to describe the basic information about Indian Hill Memorial Park. It will be used to give a short background on the park before going into more specific and detailed information about the significance of Indian Hill.

Hill, S. (n.d.). Our Debt to Nature. Neighbors of the onondaga nation. https://www.peacecouncil.net/NOON/articles/naturedebt.html

This article emphasizes the profound connection that the Onondaga Nation has with Onondaga Lake, highlighting its strong historical significance as the place of origin for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The article describes the severe pollution of the lake, as it has become the most contaminated body of water of its size in North America due to neglect and toxic waste. The article urges for a full cleanup of the lake in order to preserve it and its history. This article will be used in our own Wiki article to provide information about the Onondaga Nation today and the issues that plague it. When writing about Indian Hill Memorial Park, it is necessary to include information about the Onondaga nation today, and not just the history behind it, in order to provide different and new perspectives in our article.

Jones, E. E. (2010). POPULATION HISTORY OF THE ONONDAGA AND ONEIDA IROQUOIS, A.D. 1500–1700. American Antiquity, 75(2), 387–407. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25766200

This article provides information regarding population sizes and trends amongst several Haudenosaunee groups, including the Onondaga. This data is mostly based on the evidence of archeological settlement remains. Perhaps the most valuable information to us is a section that serves as a timeline of the Haudenosaunee and where they settled. The article also provides information on the methods used to obtain the data, and charts and graphs that help visualize the population data. The data and the graphs can help fill our wikipedia with numerical data that can help the audience understand and contextualize the academic research.

Makosky, S. (2009, April 9). East living: Indian hills preserve, Pompey. Syracuse.com. https://www.syracuse.com/east/2009/04/east_living_indian_hills_prese.html

This article describes the interesting and surprising history behind Indian Hill Memorial Park, explaining that Indian Hill was the site of the first Catholic Mass celebrated in the United States. The article provides information about the Onondaga tribe such as when they settled, how they established their village, and the influence of Jesuit priests on Indian Hill. The article also describes what Indian Hill is like today and how to locate the preserve. This article will be useful in providing further background information on Indian Hill in order to understand what it was used for and who lived there. We will also use this article in our own Wiki article to shed light into what Indian Hill is like today and the history that still stands in the park.

NOON. (n.d.). Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, Working in Solidarity with the Onondaga Nation. Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation. https://www.peacecouncil.net/NOON/markers/marker-indianhill.html

This article provides a strong overview of the history behind Indian Hill Memorial Park. The article describes its location, significance, its marker placement, other additional information about the town of Pompey, and also problematic issues about the park. The article argues that the word “population” is loaded, and thus limits the history of the Onondaga people to Indian Hill, although their history is much more extensive and complicated. This “problem” will be something that we will include in our own Wiki article in order to show that the history of the Onondaga Indians goes past Indian Hill. Representation of the Onondaga people is crucial; by talking about this problem we will emphasize the point that their history cannot be contained to just one spot. We will also use this article to provide important background information about the park in our own Wiki article.

NOON. (n.d.). Understanding Haudenosaunee Culture. Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation. https://www.peacecouncil.net/NOON/articles/culture1.html

This website article serves as a basic understanding of Haudenosaunee culture and way of living. It also contains important distinctions between words and names, like the terms Haudenosaunee and Iroquois. This article also dives into some of the Haudenosaunee and Onondaga values, traditions, and beliefs that are still practiced today. This article and the information within it will serve as some more contextual information for the audience to understand who the Onondaga people are and what they value in their culture.

NYS, A. P. (2023, September 30). Onondaga Nation takes rights case to international panel. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2023/09/30/rejected-by-u-s--courts--onondaga-nation-take-centuries-old-land-rights-case-to-international-panel

This news story highlights a multi-century battle between the Onondaga Nation and the US and NYS government. The Onondaga Nation has claimed for hundreds of years that their land was taken unjustly by the United States government. This article serves as a timeline of the discussion between the Onondaga Nation and the US government, providing insight into the lack of cooperation from the US government. We will use this article to provide context of the present day scenarios that the Onondaga Nation is a part of every day. It is important however to present this information in an unbiased manner, no matter what belief we hold.

Wiki Plan:

After taking some time to browse through Wikipedia, there does not appear to be any pre-existing articles about Indian Hill Memorial Park. So, for our plan, we want to create a new Wikipedia entry that discusses all important topics related to Indian Hill Memorial Park. First, we will discuss the background behind the park, including its location, significance, historical context, past and current uses, and more. We will use this background information to transition into a discussion about the very people who lived in Indian Hill, the Onondaga Indians themselves. We will discuss their customs, traditions, religious practices, indigenous beliefs and values, influences, and more. We feel that it is necessary to discuss the complex history behind the Onondaga people and who they were in order to understand the significance behind Indian Hill Memorial Park. Lastly, we will end our Wikipedia entry with a discussion of what Onondaga Nation is like today and the various issues it faces. We will specifically focus on the pollution of Onondaga Lake and the multi-century battle of land rights between the Onondaga Nation and the US and NYS State. We feel that this is an important topic to discuss, as readers should be aware of what is happening today and not just what happened years ago. This information will be presented in an unbiased manner, simply presenting the history of these debates. This will also serve as a call to action to readers to help in any way they can to preserve the vast, intricate, and extensive history behind Indian Hill Memorial Park.