People of the Longhouse

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People of the Longhouse is the English meaning of the name Haudenosaunee, referring to the Iroquois Confederacy of Indigenous nations in northeastern North America.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous confederacy
cultural group
political union
alsoKnownAs Five Nations
Iroquois Confederacy
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Iroquois Confederacy
Six Nations
clanDescent matrilineal
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands
ethnicGroupOf Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
governedBy Great Law of Peace
hasAutonym Haudenosaunee
hasCapitalCouncilFire Onondaga
hasClanSystem yes
hasEnglishName People of the Longhouse self-link
hasFlag Two Row Wampum
surface form: Hiawatha belt design
hasNotableLeader Hiawatha
surface form: Hiawatha (traditional figure)

Peacemaker (Deganawida)
surface form: The Great Peacemaker (Deganawida)
historicalEra colonial era
pre-Columbian North America
influenced democratic ideas in the United States
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
laterJoinedBy Tuscarora
locatedIn Great Lakes region
New York
surface form: New York (state)

Northeastern North America
Ontario
Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec

St. Lawrence Valley
surface form: St. Lawrence River valley
memberNation Cayuga
Mohawk
Oneida territory in New York
surface form: Oneida

Onondaga
Seneca
Tuscarora
namedAfter metaphor of a communal longhouse
originalMemberNation Cayuga
Mohawk
Oneida territory in New York
surface form: Oneida

Onondaga
Seneca
religion Christianity
traditional Haudenosaunee spirituality
symbolizes a longhouse stretching across their territories
traditionalDwelling longhouse
traditionalGovernmentType consensus-based decision making
council of chiefs
traditionalLanguage Cayuga language
Mohawk language
Oneida language
Onondaga language
Seneca language
Tuscarora language

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haudenosaunee nameMeaning People of the Longhouse
Tree of Peace symbolizes People of the Longhouse
this entity surface form: the Haudenosaunee council fire
People of the Longhouse hasEnglishName People of the Longhouse self-link
Guyasuta partOf People of the Longhouse
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee diplomatic network