Five Nations

E221920

Five Nations is a historical confederation of Indigenous Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples in northeastern North America, originally comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations.

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Label Occurrences
Five Nations canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Haudenosaunee confederation
Indigenous confederation
Iroquois Confederacy
alliedWith British Empire
conflictWith French colonial forces
Huron-Wendat
linked to: Wyandot
ethnicGroup Haudenosaunee peoples
linked to: Haudenosaunee

Iroquois peoples
linked to: Haudenosaunee
expandedToInclude Tuscarora
expansionCentury 18th century
followedBy Six Nations
followsLaw Great Law of Peace
governingBody Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee
hasCapital Onondaga
hasEconomy Agriculture
Fur trade
Hunting
hasFoundingMyth Hiawatha
Peacemaker
linked to: The Peacemaker
hasGovernmentForm Confederate council
Consensus-based governance
hasKinshipSystem Matrilineal descent
hasMember Cayuga
Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
Seneca
hasReligion Longhouse religion
Traditional Haudenosaunee spirituality
hasSocialStructure Clan system
historicalEra Colonial North America
linked to: Colonial America

Pre-colonial North America
influenced Concepts of federalism in North America
Political thought in the Thirteen Colonies
locatedIn Eastern Woodlands cultural area
linked to: Eastern Woodlands

Northeastern North America
Present-day Canada
Present-day United States
partOf Haudenosaunee
precededBy Separate Iroquois nations
linked to: Iroquoian peoples
recognizedAs One of the most powerful Indigenous polities in northeastern North America
timePeriod Before addition of Tuscarora nation
usesLanguage Cayuga language
Mohawk language
Oneida language
Onondaga language
Seneca language
usesLanguageFamily Iroquoian languages

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Iroquois Confederacy alternateName Five Nations
Tree of Peace associatedWith Five Nations
People of the Longhouse alsoKnownAs Five Nations