Today the Episcopal Church remembers Cornelius Hill 1834- 1907, priest of the church and the last hereditary Chief among the Oneidas

                                                              Acts 7:31

The Lord said… 

"Take off the sandals from your feet, for 

the place you are stand-

ing is holy ground.” 

Cornelius Hill 

was the first Chief 

born  in Wisconsin 

after the uS govern-

ment forced  the 

Oneida people from 

New York State. 

He died in Oneida, Wisconsin in the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, and is  buried at the Church of the Holy Apostles, the oldest Indian mis-sion in the Episcopal Church.