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The Onondaga Nation, formerly known as the Onondaga Nation of New York, is a federally recognized tribe of Onondaga people, headquartered in New York. The Onondaga are of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee, of Iroquois Confederacy.

Government
The Onondaga Nation is headquartered in Nedrow, New York. Their current chief is Irving Powless. They are also governed by a council of hereditary chiefs, chosen by clan mothers.

Tribal enrollment
Children of tribal members can be enrolled at birth. As the tribe has a matrilineal kinship system, children are considered to be born into the mother's clan. Descent and inheritance are passed through the maternal lines. The tribe requires members to have a mother who is Onondaga

Language
Onondaga people speak the Onondaga language, a Northern Iroquoian language.