The Oneida Nation Museum sits on the Oneida Reservation west of Green Bay and tells the history of the Oneida people from their origins in upstate New York through their relocation to Wisconsin in the 1820s and 1830s. The Oneida were one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and they allied with the American colonists during the Revolutionary War — a fact that helped their survival as a people even as it complicated their relationships with other Haudenosaunee nations.
The museum holds beadwork, traditional clothing, tools, and documents from Oneida history, along with a traditional longhouse on the grounds. The exhibit is thoughtfully presented by the nation itself, giving it an authority that outside-curated Native American exhibits often lack. The Oneida are significant in Green Bay's history — they were here long before the Packers — and the museum provides essential context for understanding northeast Wisconsin.