The Iroquois, also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an indigenous
people of North America. In the 16th century or earlier, the Iroquois came together in an association
known as the Iroquois League, or the "League of Peace and Power". The original Iroquois League
was often known as the Five Nations, and comprised the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca
nations. After the Tuscarora nation joined the League in the 18th century, the Iroquois have often been
known as the Six Nations. The League is embodied in the Grand Council, an assembly of 50 hereditary sachems.
When Europeans first arrived in North America, the Iroquois were based in what is now the northeastern
United States, primarily in what is referred to today as upstate New York. Today, Iroquois live
primarily in the United States and Canada.
During the American Revolution, many Tuscarora and the Oneida sided with the Americans, while the
Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga and Cayuga remained loyal to Great Britain. This marked the first major split among the Six Nations.
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—The introduction, being a short view of the form of government of the Five nations, and of their laws, customs, &c.
--The history of the Five Indian nations, dependent on the province of New-York. pt. I-II.-
-Papers relating to an Act of the Assembly of the province of New-York, for encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and
for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada ...
--The treaty held with the Indians of the Six nations, at Philadelphia, in July, 1742
.--A treaty held at ... Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, by the ... lieutenant-governor of the province, and the ... commissioners
for the provinces of Virginia and Maryland, with the Indians of the Six united Indian nations, in June, 1744.
--A treaty between ... George Clinton ... governor in chief of the province of New-York ... and the Six united Indian nations, and
other Indian nations depending on the province of New-York. Held at Albany in ... August and September, 1746.
--A collection of charters and other publick acts, relating to the province of Pennsylvania ...