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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Great Law of Peace originatedWith Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee peoples
Great Law of Peace originatedWith Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois nations
Tree of Peace associatedWith Haudenosaunee
Onondaga nation culturalAffiliation Haudenosaunee
Onondaga nation culturalAffiliation Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
New York region traditionalHomelandOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
New York region traditionalHomelandOf Haudenosaunee
Longhouse religion associatedWithEthnicGroup Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Keepers of the Eastern Door culturalContext Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Keepers of the Eastern Door usedBy Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee people
Haldimand Proclamation beneficiary Haudenosaunee
Two Row Wampum culture Haudenosaunee
Two Row Wampum associatedEvent Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee–Dutch relations
Covenant Chain hasParticipant Haudenosaunee
Deskaheh culture Haudenosaunee
Cayuga nation culturalAffiliation Haudenosaunee
subject surface form: Cayuga Nation
Cayuga nation culturalAffiliation Haudenosaunee
subject surface form: Cayuga Nation
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Iroquoian peoples includes Haudenosaunee
Iroquoian peoples includes Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Lieutenant Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Detroit interactsWith Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations
Ohi:yoʼ associatedWithEthnicGroup Haudenosaunee
Mingo people ethnicOrigin Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
People of the Longhouse hasAutonym Haudenosaunee
Seneca language ethnicGroup Haudenosaunee
The Peacemaker culture Haudenosaunee
The Peacemaker culture Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
The Peacemaker associatedPeople Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee clan mothers
The Peacemaker associatedPeople Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee chiefs
Treaty of Niagara (1764) hasParticipant Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee peoples
Jumonville affair involvedTribe Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Lewis H. Morgan studied Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Lewis H. Morgan studied Haudenosaunee
Treaty of Canandaigua culturalSignificanceFor Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee peoples
Aliquippa (Seneca woman) culture Haudenosaunee
Fathers and Crows featuresIndigenousGroup Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Richard Oakes ethnicGroup Haudenosaunee
Richard Oakes culturalIdentity Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Iroquoia traditionalHomelandOf Haudenosaunee
Iroquoia traditionalHomelandOf Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois
Iroquoia hasEthnicGroup Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Haudenosaunee peoples
Red Jacket memberOf Haudenosaunee
Cornplanter culturalContext Haudenosaunee
Susquehannock neighboringGroup Haudenosaunee
Handsome Lake heritage Haudenosaunee
Treaty of Buffalo Creek ethnicGroupAffected Haudenosaunee
this entity surface form: Iroquois