New York region

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The New York region is a historical area in the northeastern United States that encompassed much of the traditional homeland of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
New York region canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
associatedWith Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy
borders Appalachian region
Great Lakes region
characterizedBy lakes and wetlands
mixed forests
river valleys
temperate climate
contains Finger Lakes region
linked to: Finger Lakes

Lake Ontario shoreline
Mohawk Valley
Onondaga Lake
Upper Hudson Valley
linked to: Hudson Valley
hasCulturalHeritageOf Haudenosaunee longhouse tradition
Iroquoian languages
hasHistoricalSignificanceFor Indigenous peoples of North America
colonial history of the United States
historicallyInhabitedBy Cayuga people
linked to: Cayuga nation

Mohawk people
Oneida people
linked to: Oneida nation

Onondaga people
linked to: Onondaga nation

Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation

Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
locatedIn Northeastern United States
United States
overlapsWith Ohio
Ontario
Pennsylvania
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada

State of New York
linked to: New York
partOf North America
timePeriod colonial era
early United States history
pre-Columbian era
traditionalHomelandOf Haudenosaunee
Iroquois
linked to: Haudenosaunee
traversedBy Hudson River
Mohawk River
St. Lawrence River
wasImportantFor European colonial expansion
Indigenous trade networks
fur trade
wasSiteOf American Revolutionary War campaigns in the North
Beaver Wars
French and Indian War

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

Iroquois Confederacy region New York region
Taconic volcanic arc presentIn New York region