New York region

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The New York region is a historical area in the northeastern United States that encompassed much of the traditional homeland of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.

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Label Occurrences
New York region canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
associatedWith Iroquois Confederacy
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Iroquois Confederacy
borders Appalachian region
Great Lakes region
characterizedBy lakes and wetlands
mixed forests
river valleys
temperate climate
contains Finger Lakes
surface form: Finger Lakes region

Lake Ontario shoreline
Mohawk Valley
Onondaga Lake
Hudson Valley
surface form: Upper Hudson Valley
hasCulturalHeritageOf Haudenosaunee longhouse tradition
Iroquoian languages
hasHistoricalSignificanceFor Indigenous peoples of North America
colonial history of the United States
historicallyInhabitedBy Cayuga nation
surface form: Cayuga people

Mohawk people
Oneida nation
surface form: Oneida people

Onondaga nation
surface form: Onondaga people

Seneca nation
surface form: Seneca people

Tuscarora
surface form: Tuscarora people
locatedIn Northeastern United States
United States of America
surface form: United States
overlapsWith Ohio
Ontario
Pennsylvania
Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec

New York
surface form: State of New York
partOf North America
timePeriod colonial era
early United States history
pre-Columbian era
traditionalHomelandOf Haudenosaunee
Haudenosaunee
surface form: Iroquois
traversedBy Hudson River
Mohawk River
Saint Lawrence River
surface form: St. Lawrence River
wasImportantFor European colonial expansion
Indigenous trade networks
fur trade
wasSiteOf Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolutionary War campaigns in the North

Beaver Wars
French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: French and Indian War

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Iroquois Confederacy region New York region
Taconic volcanic arc presentIn New York region