Five Nations

E221920

Five Nations is a historical confederation of Indigenous Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples in northeastern North America, originally comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations.

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Label Occurrences
Five Nations canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Haudenosaunee confederation
Indigenous confederation
Iroquois Confederacy
alliedWith British Empire
conflictWith French colonial forces
Wyandot
surface form: Huron-Wendat
ethnicGroup Haudenosaunee
surface form: Haudenosaunee peoples

Haudenosaunee
surface form: Iroquois peoples
expandedToInclude Tuscarora
expansionCentury 18th century
followedBy Six Nations Championship
surface form: Six Nations
followsLaw Great Law of Peace
governingBody Iroquois Confederacy
surface form: Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee
hasCapital Onondaga
hasEconomy Agriculture
Fur trade
Hunting
hasFoundingMyth Hiawatha
The Peacemaker
surface form: Peacemaker
hasGovernmentForm Confederate council
Consensus-based governance
hasKinshipSystem Matrilineal descent
hasMember Cayuga
Mohawk
Oneida territory in New York
surface form: Oneida

Onondaga
Seneca
hasReligion Longhouse religion
Traditional Haudenosaunee spirituality
hasSocialStructure Clan system
historicalEra Colonial America
surface form: Colonial North America

Pre-colonial North America
influenced Concepts of federalism in North America
Political thought in the Thirteen Colonies
locatedIn Eastern Woodlands
surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultural area

Northeastern North America
Present-day Canada
Present-day United States
partOf Haudenosaunee
precededBy Iroquoian peoples
surface form: Separate Iroquois nations
recognizedAs One of the most powerful Indigenous polities in northeastern North America
timePeriod Before addition of Tuscarora nation
usesLanguage Cayuga language
Mohawk language
Oneida language
Onondaga language
Seneca language
usesLanguageFamily Iroquoian languages

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Iroquois Confederacy alternateName Five Nations
Tree of Peace associatedWith Five Nations
People of the Longhouse alsoKnownAs Five Nations