Iroquois Confederacy

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Haudenosaunee Indigenous political alliance confederation of Indigenous nations

The Iroquois Confederacy was a powerful alliance of Indigenous nations in northeastern North America that played a major diplomatic and military role in colonial-era conflicts between European powers.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Iroquois Confederacy canonical 79
Haudenosaunee Confederacy 53
Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee 7

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Haudenosaunee ⓘ
Indigenous political alliance ⓘ
confederation of Indigenous nations ⓘ
alternateName Five Nations ⓘ
Haudenosaunee ⓘ
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
surface form: League of the Iroquois

Six Nations ⓘ
capital Onondaga ⓘ
composedOf Cayuga nation ⓘ
Mohawk people ⓘ
surface form: Mohawk nation

Oneida nation ⓘ
Onondaga nation ⓘ
Seneca nation ⓘ
Tuscarora ⓘ
surface form: Tuscarora nation
culturalSymbol Tree of Peace ⓘ
diplomaticRole ally and rival of British colonial authorities ⓘ
ally and rival of French colonial authorities ⓘ
mediator between European colonial powers ⓘ
ethnicGroup Iroquoian peoples ⓘ
foundingFigure Hiawatha ⓘ
The Great Peacemaker ⓘ
foundingTradition Great Law of Peace ⓘ
governanceFeature federal-style union of nations ⓘ
matrilineal clan system ⓘ
governedBy Iroquois Confederacy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grand Council of the Iroquois
influenced balance of power between France and Britain in North America ⓘ
colonial diplomacy in North America ⓘ
political thought in early United States ⓘ
languageFamily Iroquoian languages ⓘ
laterIncluded Tuscarora ⓘ
surface form: Tuscarora nation
legalCode Great Law of Peace ⓘ
militaryRole regional military power ⓘ
modernPresence First Nations and Native American communities in Canada and the United States ⓘ
notableInstitution clan mothers ⓘ
originallyConsistedOf Cayuga nation ⓘ
Mohawk people ⓘ
surface form: Mohawk nation

Oneida nation ⓘ
Onondaga nation ⓘ
Seneca nation ⓘ
playedRoleIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Beaver Wars ⓘ
French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ
surface form: French and Indian War
politicalStructure council of chiefs ⓘ
politicalSystem consensus-based decision making ⓘ
region Great Lakes region ⓘ
New York region ⓘ
Northeastern North America ⓘ
religion traditional Haudenosaunee spirituality ⓘ
timePeriod colonial era ⓘ
pre-colonial era ⓘ

Referenced by (159)

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

Queen Anne's War → belligerent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Native Americans → hasSubgroup → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Mohawk → memberOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Mohawk → memberOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Mohawk → isPartOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Six Nations of the Iroquois
Ohio Country → claimedBy → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Abenaki → historicalEnemy → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Samuel de Champlain → conflictedWith → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy → alternateName → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of the Iroquois
Iroquois Confederacy → governedBy → Iroquois Confederacy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Council of the Iroquois
King William's War → belligerent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Mohawk people → partOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
British–Native American wars → opponent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Mohawk Valley → historicallyInhabitedBy → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Haudenosaunee → alsoKnownAs → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Haudenosaunee → alsoKnownAs → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iroquois League
Northeast Woodlands → associatedWith → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
New York Colony → borderedBy → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iroquois territories
Wyandot → inConflictWith → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Oneida territory in New York → partOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Beaver Wars → mainBelligerent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Beaver Wars → relatedTo → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Seneca → partOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Seneca → traditionalAlliance → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Tuscarora → memberOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Tuscarora → memberOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Cayuga → partOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Cayuga → originalMemberOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Onondaga → memberOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Onondaga → oneOfOriginalMembersOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Onondaga → partOf → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee
Third Indian War → participant → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iroquois Confederacy (to a limited extent)
Sullivan Expedition → participant → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Sullivan Expedition → belligerent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Hiawatha → relatedConcept → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Military history of New France → opponent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
French and Indian War (as part of British America) → belligerent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
subject surface form: French and Indian War
New York frontier → belligerent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Pennsylvania frontier → indigenousGroupPresent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Five Nations → governingBody → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee
Six Nations → alsoKnownAs → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Six Nations → alsoKnownAs → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Six Nations → hasAlternativeName → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Six Nations of the Iroquois
Six Nations → governedBy → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee
The Great Peacemaker → associatedWith → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
The Great Peacemaker → associatedWith → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Great Law of Peace → appliesTo → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Great Law of Peace → appliesTo → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Tree of Peace → associatedWith → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Battle of La Prairie → belligerent → Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ