Members of the oneida community lived together for a while without any serious problems ; however , this way of life ended when john noyes left in 1876 .
One view of marriage that surprises most of us today was held by john noyes , a religious man who started the oneida community in the state of new york in 1831 .
A native american people formerly inhabiting central new york south of oneida lake , with present-day populations in wisconsin , new york , and ontario . The oneida are one of the original members of the iroquois confederacy .
