Title: Facts for Kids: Onondaga Indians (Onondagas)
Headings: Onondaga Indian Fact Sheet
Onondaga Indian Fact Sheet
Content: Did they wear feather headdresses and face paint? Onondaga headdress
Onondaga boy
Onondaga men wore breechcloths with leggings. Here is a website with more information about the Iroquois breechcloth. Onondaga women wore wraparound skirts with shorter leggings. Men did not originally wear shirts in Onondaga culture, but women often wore a long tunic called an overdress. The Onondagas usually wore deerskin moccasins on their feet. In colonial times, the Onondaga tribe adapted European costume like cloth shirts and blouses, decorating them with beadwork and ribbon applique. Here is a webpage about traditional Iroquois dress, and here are some photographs and links about North American Indian clothes in general. The Onondagas didn't wear long headdresses like the Sioux. Men wore traditional Iroquois headdresses, which were feathered caps with a different insignia for each tribe. (