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Iroquois Intro The Iroquois (Pronounced /Irekwci/) were farmers whose leaders were chosen by women. They are also known as Haudenosaunee or “the people of the longhouse”. Some are Christians and some honour their longhouse religion. There are approximately 125,000 of them left  The league The league is a group of native people from north america who came together and made a group called the Iroquois.The Iroquois were origanlly the Five Nations that were the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, and Onondaga but in 1722 the Tuscarora joined making it the six nations. The league is not just called the league but is also called the Iroquois confedaracy and the league of peace and power. They now live in new york and canada. Above:the league as it grows.

Name The Iroquois like to call themselves Haudenosaunee which means people of the longhouse. Scientist think that the great peacemaker made the name when the tribes were making the league. The french settlers called the Haudenosaunee the Iroquois. There are lots of ideas how Iroquois was made. Here is one:

French people think that Iroquois is from a spanish word //hilokoa// (the killer people), they think this because there is no L sound in Algonquian languages. Tribes from the Algonquian area use the word hirokoa as the Haudenoausnee name. The french settlers translated this and got //Iroquois//.


 * ======Iroquoian ====== || ======Meaning ====== || ======17th/18th century location ====== ||
 * ======[|Seneca] ====== || ======//Onondowahgah// ====== || ======"People of the Great Hill" ====== || ======[|Seneca Lake] and [|Genesee River] ====== ||
 * ======[|Cayuga] ====== || ======//Guyohkohnyoh// ====== || ======"People of the Great Swamp" ====== || ======[|Cayuga Lake] ====== ||
 * ======[|Onondaga] ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Onöñda'gega'// ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"People of the Hills" ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Onondaga Lake] ====== ||
 * ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Oneida] ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Onayotekaono// ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"People of Standing Stone" ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Oneida Lake] ====== ||
 * ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Mohawk] ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Kanien'kehá:ka// ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"People of the Great Flint" ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Mohawk River] ====== ||
 * ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Tuscarora]1 ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Ska-Ruh-Reh// ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Hemp Gatherers"[|[36]] ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From [|North Carolina]² ====== ||

History formation of the league

The Iroquois tribes had the same history and culture but spoke differently to the other tribes in the league. It is proven that the old Iroquois lived in the finger lake area from 1000AD. After they made the league they invade the Ohio river valley to control more hunting grounds. The great peace maker and Hiwatha made the league because of the Europian who started making contact with the Iroquois. Some scientists think that the league was made in 1450 and 1600. When the Iroquois stopped fighting each other they started to be a leathal force.

Exspansion By 1608 the Iroquois werent popular in the south. The tribe called the Antouhonoron were known as the Massawomeck to the powhatan league. They are sometimes known as the Iroquois proper. In 1670-1710 the Iroquois took control over most of virginia. They didnt sell virginia until 1722 when they sold it to the english (allies).

These are the populations of the Iroquois territory ** Populations of the Haudenosaunee Members (Six Nations) **

These are their clans...
 * ** Location ** || ** Seneca ** || ** Cayuga ** || ** Onondaga ** || ** Tuscarora ** || ** Oneida ** || ** Mohawk ** || **// Combined //** || **// Totals //** ||
 * Ontario ||  ||   ||   ||   || 3,970 || 14,051 || 17,603 || 39,624 ||
 * Quebec ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || 9,631 ||   || 9,631 ||
 * New York || 7581 || 448 || 1596 || 1200 || 1,109 || 5,632 ||  || 17,566 ||
 * Wisconsin ||  ||   ||   ||   || 10,309 ||   ||   || 10,309 ||
 * Oklahoma ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 4,892 || 4,892 ||
 * Totals || 7581 || 448 || 1596 || 1200 || 15,338 || 29,314 || 22,495 || 82,022 ||

** Current clans **


 * ** Seneca ** || ** Cayuga ** || ** Onondaga ** || ** Tuscarora ** || ** Oneida ** || ** Mohawk ** ||
 * Wolf //(Hoñnat‘haiioñ'n‘)// || Wolf || Wolf || Wolf //(Θkwarì•nę)// || Wolf //(Thayú:ni)// || Wolf //(Okwáho)// ||
 * Bear //(Hodidjioiñi’'g’)// || Bear || Bear || Bear //(Uhčíhrę// //ˀ//// ) // || Bear //(Ohkwá:li)// || Bear //(Ohkwá:ri)// ||
 * Turtle //(Hadiniǎ‘'děñ‘)// || Turtle || Turtle || Turtle //(Rá// //ˀ//// kwihs) // || Turtle //(A'no:wál)// || Turtle //(A'nó:wara)// ||
 * Sandpiper //(Hodi'ne`si'iu')// || Sandpiper || Sandpiper || Sandpiper //(Tawístawis)// || — || — ||
 * Deer //(Hadinioñ'gwaiiu')// || — || Deer || Deer || — || — ||
 * Beaver //(Hodigěn’'gegā’)// || — || Beaver || Beaver //(Rakinęhá•ha•// //ˀ//// ) // || — || — ||
 * Heron || Heron || — || — || — || — ||
 * Hawk || — || Hawk || — || — || — ||
 * — || — || Eel || Eel //(Akunęhukwatíha•// //ˀ//// ) // || — || — ||

Food The Iroquois main diet was farming they also gathered, fished and hunted. Their main crops are squash, corn and bean (also the three sisters). Whenever the soil stopped its fertility the Iroquois moved on. Women and children gathered nuts, wild roots, berries and greens. In the spring they also gathered mayple syrup. Fishing and hunting were a good source of food because the Iroquois lived next to a river and hunted deer and other game. In the winter they netted an made holes.