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Iroquois

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Also known as League of the Iroquois, Iroquois Confederation, Six Nations, Iroquois League, Ongweh’onweh, Rotinonhsión:ni, Haudenosaunee

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).

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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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Vinony's link graph records 2,843 inbound references to Iroquois, and connects out to Onondaga Nation, Ohio River and Iroquoian languages.

It sits within the topics Central New York, Exonyms and First Nations in Ontario.

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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)
Country.common_languages
Iroquoian languages
Ethnic group.group
Iroquois Haudenosaunee
Ethnic group.flag
Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg
Ethnic group.total
125,000
Ethnic group.total_year
2010
Ethnic group.total_source
estimate
Ethnic group.regions
North America

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • 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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