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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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Haudenosaunee → Indigenous political alliance → confederation of Indigenous nations →
alternateName	Five Nations → Haudenosaunee Confederacy → League of the Iroquois → Six Nations →
capital	Onondaga →
composedOf	Cayuga nation → Mohawk nation → Oneida nation → Onondaga nation → Seneca nation → 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	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 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 nation → Oneida nation → Onondaga nation → Seneca nation →
playedRoleIn	American Revolutionary War → Beaver Wars → 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 (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mohawk ("Haudenosaunee Confederacy") → Mohawk → Onondaga → Tuscarora → Tuscarora ("Haudenosaunee Confederacy") →	memberOf
Cayuga → Mohawk people → Oneida territory in New York → Onondaga ("Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee") → Seneca →	partOf
Haudenosaunee → Haudenosaunee ("Iroquois League") →	alsoKnownAs
King William's War → Queen Anne's War →	belligerent
Iroquois Confederacy ("League of the Iroquois") →	alternateName
Northeast Woodlands →	associatedWith
New York Colony ("Iroquois territories") →	borderedBy
Ohio Country →	claimedBy
Samuel de Champlain →	conflictedWith
Iroquois Confederacy ("Grand Council of the Iroquois") →	governedBy
Native Americans →	hasSubgroup
Abenaki →	historicalEnemy
Mohawk Valley →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Wyandot →	inConflictWith
Mohawk ("Six Nations of the Iroquois") →	isPartOf
Beaver Wars →	mainBelligerent
Onondaga ("Haudenosaunee Confederacy") →	oneOfOriginalMembersOf
British–Native American wars →	opponent
Cayuga →	originalMemberOf
Beaver Wars →	relatedTo
Seneca ("Haudenosaunee Confederacy") →	traditionalAlliance