Six Nations
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Six Nations is a historic confederation of Indigenous nations in northeastern North America, renowned for its sophisticated political system and influence on regional diplomacy and governance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Six Nations canonical | 8 |
| Six Nations 40 | 1 |
| Six Nations countries | 1 |
| Six Nations people | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous confederation
ⓘ
historic polity ⓘ political alliance ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Iroquois Confederacy
ⓘ
surface form:
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
diplomacy with British colonial authorities
ⓘ
diplomacy with Dutch colonial authorities ⓘ diplomacy with French colonial authorities ⓘ diplomacy with early United States government ⓘ |
| followsConstitution | Great Law of Peace ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Iroquois Confederacy
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Six Nations of the Grand River
ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
surface form:
Six Nations of the Iroquois
|
| hasCapital | Onondaga ⓘ |
| hasConcept | clan system ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
condolence ceremony
ⓘ
wampum diplomacy ⓘ |
| hasGovernancePrinciple |
peace
ⓘ
power ⓘ righteousness ⓘ |
| hasKinshipSystem | matrilineal descent ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cayuga
ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ Oneida territory in New York ⓘ
surface form:
Oneida
Onondaga ⓘ Seneca ⓘ Tuscarora ⓘ |
| hasModernCommunity |
Six Nations of the Grand River
ⓘ
surface form:
Six Nations of the Grand River reserve
|
| hasPoliticalSystem |
consensus-based decision making
ⓘ
council of chiefs ⓘ
surface form:
federal council of chiefs
|
| hasReligion | Longhouse religion ⓘ |
| influenced |
concepts of federalism in the United States
ⓘ
political thought in colonial North America ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
Northeastern North America ⓘ Ontario ⓘ
surface form:
Ontario, Canada
St. Lawrence Valley ⓘ
surface form:
St. Lawrence River valley
|
| playedRoleIn |
American Revolutionary War alliances
ⓘ
Fur Trade era politics ⓘ Seven Years' War alliances ⓘ balance of power in northeastern North America ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | sovereign Indigenous confederacy ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
Cayuga language
ⓘ
Mohawk language ⓘ Oneida language ⓘ Onondaga language ⓘ Seneca language ⓘ Tuscarora language ⓘ |
| usesLanguageFamily | Iroquoian languages ⓘ |
| usesObject | wampum belts ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Six Nations 40
this entity surface form:
Six Nations countries
this entity surface form:
Six Nations people