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Iroquois

The Iroquois ( IRR-ə-kwoy, -⁠kwah), also known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy ( HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee; lit. 'people who are building the longhouse'), 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". The Confederacy was likely formed between 1142 and 1660, but there is little widespread consensus on the exact date. The Confederacy emerged from the Great Law of Peace, said to have been composed by Deganawidah the Great Peacemaker, Hiawatha, and Jigonsaseh the Mother of Nations. For nearly 200 years, the Six Nations/Haudenosaunee Confederacy were a powerful factor in North American colonial policy, with some scholars arguing for the concept of the Middle Ground, in that European powers were used by the Iroquois just as much as Europeans used them. At its peak around 1700, Iroquois power extended from what is today New York State, north into present-day Ontario and Quebec along the lower Great Lakes–upper St. Lawrence, and south on both sides of the Allegheny mountains into present-day Virginia and Kentucky and into the Ohio Valley. The St. Lawrence Iroquoians, Wendat (Huron), Erie, and Susquehannock, all independent peoples known to the European colonists, also spoke Iroquoian languages. They are considered Iroquoian in a larger cultural sense, all being descended from the Proto-Iroquoian people and language. Historically, however, they were competitors and enemies of the Iroquois Confederacy nations. In 2010, more than 45,000 enrolled Six Nations people lived in Canada, and over 81,000 in the United States.

Infobox

Status
Recognized confederation, later became an unrecognized government
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)
Common languages
Iroquoian languages
Government
Confederation
Legislature
Grand Council of the Six Nations
• Established
Between 1450 and 1660 (estimate)

Tables

· People › Nations
Mohawk
Mohawk
English name
Mohawk
Iroquoian name
Kanien'kehá:ka
Meaning
"People of the Great Flint"
17th/18th-century location
Mohawk River
Oneida
Oneida
English name
Oneida
Iroquoian name
Onyota'a:ka
Meaning
"People of the Standing Stone"
17th/18th-century location
Oneida Lake
Onondaga
Onondaga
English name
Onondaga
Iroquoian name
Onöñda'gega'
Meaning
"People of the Hills"
17th/18th-century location
Onondaga Lake
Cayuga
Cayuga
English name
Cayuga
Iroquoian name
Gayogo̱ho:nǫʔ
Meaning
"People of the Great Swamp"
17th/18th-century location
Cayuga Lake
Seneca
Seneca
English name
Seneca
Iroquoian name
Onöndowá'ga:
Meaning
"People of the Great Hill"
17th/18th-century location
Seneca Lake and Genesee River
Tuscarora1
Tuscarora1
English name
Tuscarora1
Iroquoian name
Ska:rù:rę'
Meaning
"Hemp Gatherers"
17th/18th-century location
From North Carolina2
1 Not one of the original Five Nations; joined 1722.2 Settled between the Oneida and Onondaga.
1 Not one of the original Five Nations; joined 1722.2 Settled between the Oneida and Onondaga.
English name
1 Not one of the original Five Nations; joined 1722.2 Settled between the Oneida and Onondaga.
English name
Iroquoian name
Meaning
17th/18th-century location
Mohawk
Kanien'kehá:ka
"People of the Great Flint"
Mohawk River
Oneida
Onyota'a:ka
"People of the Standing Stone"
Oneida Lake
Onondaga
Onöñda'gega'
"People of the Hills"
Onondaga Lake
Cayuga
Gayogo̱ho:nǫʔ
"People of the Great Swamp"
Cayuga Lake
Seneca
Onöndowá'ga:
"People of the Great Hill"
Seneca Lake and Genesee River
Tuscarora1
Ska:rù:rę'
"Hemp Gatherers"
From North Carolina2
1 Not one of the original Five Nations; joined 1722.2 Settled between the Oneida and Onondaga.
Current clans · People › Clans
Wolf (Honöta:yö:nih)
Wolf (Honöta:yö:nih)
Seneca
Wolf (Honöta:yö:nih)
Cayuga
Wolf (Honǫtahyǫ́:ni:)
Onondaga
Wolf (Hothahi:ionih)
Tuscarora
Wolf (Θkwarì•nę)
Oneida
Wolf (Thayú:ni)
Mohawk
Wolf (Okwáho)
Bear (Hodidzöní'ga:')
Bear (Hodidzöní'ga:')
Seneca
Bear (Hodidzöní'ga:')
Cayuga
Bear (Hadihnyagwái)
Onondaga
Bear (Ohgwai:ih)
Tuscarora
Bear (Uhčíhręˀ)
Oneida
Bear (Ohkwá:li)
Mohawk
Bear (Ohkwá:ri)
Turtle (Hadínyahdë:h)
Turtle (Hadínyahdë:h)
Seneca
Turtle (Hadínyahdë:h)
Cayuga
Turtle (Hadinyáhdę:)
Onondaga
Turtle (Hanya'dëñh)
Tuscarora
Turtle (Ráˀkwihs)
Oneida
Turtle (A'no:wál)
Mohawk
Turtle (A'nó:wara)
Sandpiper/Snipe (Hodí'nehsi:yo')
Sandpiper/Snipe (Hodí'nehsi:yo')
Seneca
Sandpiper/Snipe (Hodí'nehsi:yo')
Cayuga
Sandpiper (Hodi'nehsí:yo')
Onondaga
Snipe (Odihnesi:ioh)
Tuscarora
Sandpiper (Tawístawis)
Oneida
Mohawk
Deer (Hodí:nyögwaiyo')
Deer (Hodí:nyögwaiyo')
Seneca
Deer (Hodí:nyögwaiyo')
Cayuga
Onondaga
Deer (De'odijinaindönda')
Tuscarora
Deer (Kà?wí:ñu)
Oneida
Mohawk
Beaver (Hodígë'ge:ga:')
Beaver (Hodígë'ge:ga:')
Seneca
Beaver (Hodígë'ge:ga:')
Cayuga
Onondaga
Beaver (Hona'gaia'gih)
Tuscarora
Beaver (Rakinęhá•ha•ˀ)
Oneida
Mohawk
Heron (Hodidáë'ö:ga:')’
Heron (Hodidáë'ö:ga:')’
Seneca
Heron (Hodidáë'ö:ga:')’
Cayuga
Heron
Onondaga
Heron
Tuscarora
Oneida
Mohawk
Hawk/Eagle (Hodíswë'gaiyo’)’
Hawk/Eagle (Hodíswë'gaiyo’)’
Seneca
Hawk/Eagle (Hodíswë'gaiyo’)’
Cayuga
Hawk (Hodihsw'ęgáiyo')
Onondaga
Hawk (Degaiadahkwa')
Tuscarora
Oneida
Mohawk
Seneca
Cayuga
Onondaga
Eel (Ohgönde:na')
Tuscarora
Eel (Akunęhukwatíha•ˀ)
Oneida
Mohawk
Seneca
Cayuga
Onondaga
Tuscarora
Oneida
Mohawk
Wolf (Honöta:yö:nih)
Wolf (Honǫtahyǫ́:ni:)
Wolf (Hothahi:ionih)
Wolf (Θkwarì•nę)
Wolf (Thayú:ni)
Wolf (Okwáho)
Bear (Hodidzöní'ga:')
Bear (Hadihnyagwái)
Bear (Ohgwai:ih)
Bear (Uhčíhręˀ)
Bear (Ohkwá:li)
Bear (Ohkwá:ri)
Turtle (Hadínyahdë:h)
Turtle (Hadinyáhdę:)
Turtle (Hanya'dëñh)
Turtle (Ráˀkwihs)
Turtle (A'no:wál)
Turtle (A'nó:wara)
Sandpiper/Snipe (Hodí'nehsi:yo')
Sandpiper (Hodi'nehsí:yo')
Snipe (Odihnesi:ioh)
Sandpiper (Tawístawis)
Deer (Hodí:nyögwaiyo')
Deer (De'odijinaindönda')
Deer (Kà?wí:ñu)
Beaver (Hodígë'ge:ga:')
Beaver (Hona'gaia'gih)
Beaver (Rakinęhá•ha•ˀ)
Heron (Hodidáë'ö:ga:')’
Heron
Heron
Hawk/Eagle (Hodíswë'gaiyo’)’
Hawk (Hodihsw'ęgáiyo')
Hawk (Degaiadahkwa')
Eel (Ohgönde:na')
Eel (Akunęhukwatíha•ˀ)

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