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Iroquois Confederacy
(Encyclopedia)Iroquois Confederacy or Iroquois League ĭrˈəkwoiˌ, –kwäˌ [key], North American confederation of indigenous peoples, initially comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca; the n...Iroquois League
(Encyclopedia)Iroquois League: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...Powhatan Confederacy
(Encyclopedia)Powhatan Confederacy, group of Native North Americans belonging to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Their area embraced most of tidewa...Confederacy
(Encyclopedia)Confederacy, name commonly given to the Confederate States of America (1861–65), the government established by the Southern states of the United States after their secession from the Union. (For the...Aht Confederacy
(Encyclopedia)Aht Confederacy: see Nootka.Mohawk, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Mohawk: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...Oneida, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Oneida: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...Onondaga
(Encyclopedia)Onondaga: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...Cayuga
(Encyclopedia)Cayuga: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...Five Nations
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