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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Five Nations canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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