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- Total population: approximately 125,000
- Occupied countries: Canada, United States
- The name Iroquois means "rattlesnakes"
- The Iroquois Indians held six big festivals each year. Each festival lasted several days
- Women held a powerful position in the Iroquois tribe. They owned longhouses, controlled the land, and chose the chief
- The False Face Society was a group of medicine men who wore frightening masks made of wood
- Hiawatha is credited as the founder of the Iroquois confederacy
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The Iroquois Confederacy is a confederation of Native Americans consisting of six groups: the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. Each of these groups classifies itself as a nation, and refer to the Confederacy as Haudenosaunee. The Iroquois Confederacy stretches across its historical territory, which includes the northeastern United States and portions of southern Canada. It is known for its representative and hierarchical system of government that developed without any European influence.
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Iroquois Confederacy Questions
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How is a Iroquois long house constructed? 1 AnswerLonghouses are long and narrow bark covered houses that the Haudenosuanee (People of the Longhouse), also known as the Iroquois,lived. Longhouses had two doors... read more -
What are the stories of Ioskeha? 1 Answerhttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2554780507_98e84d70ae.jpg Huron indian head to ward off the evil spirits. In Iroquois and Huron mythology Ioskeha was the C... read more
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Iroquois Confederacy Timeline
- 1645: Mohawks and Dutch sign treaty known as Two Row Wampum Treaty
- 1667: French make peace with Mohawks
- 1712: Tuscarora's of North Carolina become members of the Iroquois Confederacy
- 1724: Tuscarora's join Iroquois Confederacy
- 1744-48: The Covenant Chain weakened during the series of wars between the French and English.
- 1750's: Benjamin Franklin was inspired by the Iroquois League and copied it in his plans for the federation of States.
- 1754: The French and Indian War began and lasted seven years.
- 1777: British Col. John Butler first tried without success to get the Six Nations to side with the English
- 1778. For Sagoyewatha services as a runner, the English gave him a red jacket Red Jacket.
- 1779: In retaliation for atrocities by the "Redskin-Redcoat menace," Commander George Washington sent 4,000 soldiers to destroy the heart of the Seneca Nation
- 1779-80 Indian Nation refugees who were totally dependent on the British for food, clothing and supplies, spent the winter in squalid camps near the Fort at Niagara.
- 1780: The largest portion of Indian Nation refugees who built homes along Buffalo Creek were displaced Seneca, Cayugas, Onondagas and Munsees.
- 1784: The Onondagas and the Oneidas ceded their lands to New York State.at a first treaty at Fort Stanwix (near Rome, N.Y.)
- 1785: Population of Six Nations is 1600 Iroquois, 450 Mohawks, 380 Cayugas, 200 Onondagas,165 Oneidas, 125 Tuscaroras, 75 Senecas
- 1789: Jan 9:Treaty with the Six Nations,at Treaty of Fort Harmar
- 1977: New York State Museum publishes "IONTENWENNAWEIENSTAHKHWA" - a Mohawk dictionary
- 1990: July 11th: Oka Crisis Begins, 78 day standoff between Police and Army
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RT +100 @jfkfan We must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy.
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We must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy.
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