Haudenosaunee

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The Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, are a historic and influential alliance of Indigenous nations in the northeastern region of North America known for their sophisticated political system and longhouse culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations government
Indigenous confederacy
Native American people
alsoKnownAs Iroquois Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy
surface form: Iroquois League

Six Nations
centralCouncilLocation Onondaga
endonym Haudenosaunee self-link
governedBy Great Law of Peace
hasContemporaryCommunity Akwesasne
Kahnawà:ke
Onondaga nation
surface form: Onondaga Nation

Six Nations of the Grand River
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
hasCulturalFeature clan system
longhouse culture
matrilineal descent
wampum belts
hasEconomicActivity bean agriculture
corn agriculture
fur trade
squash agriculture
hasFoundingFigure Hiawatha
The Peacemaker
hasGovernmentType confederate council
consensus-based democracy
hasLanguage Cayuga language
Mohawk language
Oneida language
Onondaga language
Seneca language
Tuscarora language
hasLanguageFamily Iroquoian languages
hasLaterMemberNation Tuscarora
hasOriginalMemberNation Cayuga
Mohawk
Oneida territory in New York
surface form: Oneida

Onondaga
Seneca
hasReligion Longhouse religion
historicalRegion Great Lakes region
New York
Ohio Valley region
surface form: Ohio Valley

Ontario
Pennsylvania
Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec

Saint Lawrence River
surface form: St. Lawrence River valley
influenced political thought of the United States founders
locatedIn Northeastern North America
nameMeaning People of the Longhouse
numberOfCurrentNations 6
numberOfOriginalNations 5
playedMajorRoleIn American Revolutionary War
Beaver Wars
French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: French and Indian War
recognizedAs sovereign Indigenous nation by its members

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Native Americans hasSubgroup Haudenosaunee
Mohawk subgroupOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Indigenous peoples of North America hasNotableNation Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Humber River associatedPeople Haudenosaunee
Butler’s Rangers collaboratedWith Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois warriors
Iroquois Confederacy alternateName Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Mohawk people partOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Battle of Queenston Heights notableParticipant Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee warriors
Haudenosaunee endonym Haudenosaunee self-link
Northeast Woodlands inhabitedBy Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Northeast Woodlands inhabitedBy Haudenosaunee
Oneida territory in New York partOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Beaver Wars mainBelligerent Haudenosaunee
council of chiefs geographicRegion Haudenosaunee
subject surface form: Council of Chiefs (Mohawk)
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee territory
Seneca partOf Haudenosaunee
Kahnawà:ke partOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Ganienkeh culturalRegion Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Ganienkeh relatedTo Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Delaware people neighboringPeoples Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Akwesasne partOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Akwesasne hasCulturalIdentity Haudenosaunee
Akwesasne hasPoliticalIdentity Haudenosaunee
Tuscarora culturalAffiliation Haudenosaunee
Eastern Woodlands traditionalInhabitants Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy)
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory partOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Six Nations of the Grand River hasEthnicGroup Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Six Nations of the Grand River partOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Six Nations of the Grand River governedBy Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council
Cayuga partOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Cayuga originalMemberOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Cayuga governedBy Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Grand Council
Onondaga memberOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Jesuits in New France targetGroup Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
indigenous peoples of the Americas includesEthnicGroup Haudenosaunee
subject surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Toronto Carrying-Place route (associated) usedBy Haudenosaunee
subject surface form: Toronto Carrying-Place route
Township of South Dundas hasCommunity Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Hiawatha associatedWith Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Hiawatha associatedWith Haudenosaunee
Santee Smith culturalAffiliation Haudenosaunee
New York frontier involvedEthnicGroup Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee peoples
Cherry Valley raid belligerent Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Marcheline Bertrand ethnicOrigin Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois (reported ancestry)
Five Nations partOf Haudenosaunee
Five Nations ethnicGroup Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee peoples
Five Nations ethnicGroup Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois peoples
The Great Peacemaker culture Haudenosaunee
The Great Peacemaker culture Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
The Great Peacemaker veneratedBy Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee communities