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The St. Lawrence Iroquoians, Wendat (Huron), Erie, and Susquehannock, all independent peoples known to the European colonists, also spoke Iroquoian languages. They are considered Iroquoian in a larger cultural sense, all being descended from the Proto-Iroquoian people and language. … See more
The Iroquois , officially the Haudenosaunee (/ˌhoʊdinoʊˈʃoʊniː/ meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of First Nations peoples in northeast North America/Turtle Island. They were known … See more
The Iroquois Confederacy or Haudenosaunee is believed to have been founded by the Great Peacemaker at an unknown date estimated between 1450 and 1660, bringing together five distinct nations in the southern Great Lakes area into "The Great … See more
War
For the Haudenosaunee, grief for a loved one who died was a powerful emotion. They believed that if it was not attended to, it would cause all sorts of problems for the grieving who would go mad if left without consolation. Rituals … See moreIroquois, the most common name for the confederacy, is of somewhat obscure origin. Its first written appearance as "Irocois" is in Samuel de Champlain's account of his … See more
Historiography
Previous research, containing the discovery of Iroquois tools and artefacts, suggests that the origin of the Iroquois was in See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - See More
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