Iroquois
Sign in to saveThe Iroquois ( ), also known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy ( ; ), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America. They were known by the French during the colonial years as the Iroquois League, and later as the Iroquois Confederacy. They have also been called the Six Nations (Five Nations before 1722).
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The Iroquois, also known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, are a group of Native American and First Nations peoples who speak Iroquoian languages and live in northeast North America. They are historically important as a confederacy that was encountered by French colonists and eventually became known as the Six Nations, making them a significant indigenous political and cultural entity in North American history.
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Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Iroquois Confederacy
- Country.common_name
- Haudenosaunee or Iroquois
- Country.status
- Recognized confederation, later became an unrecognized government
- Country.date_start
- Between 1450 and 1660 (estimate)
- Country.image_flag
- Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg
- Country.flag_type
- Flag
- Country.image_map
- Haudenosaunee Territory.png
- Country.image_map_caption
- Map showing historical (in purple) and currently recognized (in pink) Iroquois territorial claims
- Country.government_type
- Confederation
- Country.legislature
- Grand Council of the Six Nations
- Country.capital
- Onondaga (village), Onondaga Nation (at various modern locations: Before 1609: Cazenovia, New York 1609–1615: Pompey, New York 1615–1640: Delphi Falls, New York 1640 onwards: Manlius, New York)
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- Names<!--'Ganonsyoni' redirects here-->
- Confederacy<!--'Iroquois Confederacy' redirects here-->
- History
- Formation of the League
- Seventeenth Century
- Eighteenth Century
- In the west
- Canadian Iroquois
- 20th century
- World War I
- League of Nations
- Oka Crisis
- U.S. Indian termination policies
- Society
- War
- Melting pot
- Settlement
- Food production
- Clothing
- Societies
- Medicine
- Women in society
- Spiritual beliefs
- Haudenosaunee thanksgiving address
- Festivals
- Art
- Games and sports
- Naming conventions
- Cannibalism
- Slavery
- Government
- Wampum belts
- Influence on the United States
- International relations
- Relations with colonial powers
- 20th century to present
- People
- Nations
- Clans
- Population history
- Modern communities
- Canada
- United States
- Prominent individuals
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
The Iroquois ( ), also known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy ( ; ), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America. They were known by the French during the colonial years as the Iroquois League, and later as the Iroquois Confederacy. They have also been called the Six Nations (Five Nations before 1722).
Their country has been called Iroquoia and Haudenosauneega in English, and Iroquoisie in French. The peoples of the Iroquois included (from east to west) the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca. After 1722, the Iroquoian-speaking Tuscarora people from the southeast were accepted into the confederacy, from which point it was known as the "Six Nations".
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