Iroquois warriors

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Indigenous warriors military personnel

Iroquois warriors were Indigenous fighters from the powerful Iroquois Confederacy in northeastern North America, known for their military skill and significant role in 17th-century colonial conflicts.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mohawk warriors 3

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous warriors ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ
alliedWith British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch colonists NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Beaver Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
French and Iroquois Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
King William's War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen Anne's War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
ethnicGroup Iroquois NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedCustom mourning wars ⓘ
taking captives ⓘ
knownFor ambush tactics ⓘ
guerrilla warfare tactics ⓘ
hit-and-run raids ⓘ
military skill ⓘ
psychological warfare ⓘ
language Iroquoian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Great Lakes region ⓘ
Northeastern North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Lawrence River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRole allied auxiliaries ⓘ
raiders ⓘ
scouts ⓘ
opposed Algonquin peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
French colonial forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huron-Wendat NERFINISHED ⓘ
some American revolutionaries ⓘ
partOf Iroquois Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitedFrom Cayuga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mohawk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oneida NERFINISHED ⓘ
Onondaga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seneca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuscarora NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion traditional Iroquois religion ⓘ
socialRole protectors of their nations ⓘ
sometimesAlliedWith French colonists NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicGoal control of fur trade routes ⓘ
defense of Iroquois homelands ⓘ
territorial expansion ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
usedArmor leather armor ⓘ
wooden armor ⓘ
usedTransport canoes ⓘ
on foot ⓘ
usedWeapon bow and arrow ⓘ
knife ⓘ
muskets ⓘ
tomahawk ⓘ
war club ⓘ

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

British Indian Department auxiliaries → associatedWith → Iroquois warriors ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohawk warriors
Cherry Valley raid → combatant → Iroquois warriors ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohawk warriors
Jean de Brébeuf → killedBy → Iroquois warriors ⓘ
Joseph Brant → led → Iroquois warriors ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohawk warriors