People of the Longhouse

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People of the Longhouse is the English meaning of the name Haudenosaunee, referring to the Iroquois Confederacy of Indigenous nations in northeastern North America.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous confederacy ⓘ
cultural group ⓘ
political union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Five Nations ⓘ
Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Six Nations ⓘ
clanDescent matrilineal ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
governedBy Great Law of Peace ⓘ
hasAutonym Haudenosaunee ⓘ
hasCapitalCouncilFire Onondaga ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
hasEnglishName People of the Longhouse ⓘ
hasFlag Hiawatha belt design ⓘ
linked to: Two Row Wampum
hasNotableLeader Hiawatha (traditional figure) ⓘ
linked to: Hiawatha

The Great Peacemaker (Deganawida) ⓘ
historicalEra colonial era ⓘ
pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
influenced democratic ideas in the United States ⓘ
languageFamily Iroquoian languages ⓘ
laterJoinedBy Tuscarora ⓘ
locatedIn Great Lakes region ⓘ
New York (state) ⓘ
linked to: New York

Northeastern North America ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

St. Lawrence River valley ⓘ
linked to: St. Lawrence Valley
memberNation Cayuga ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
Oneida ⓘ
Onondaga ⓘ
Seneca ⓘ
Tuscarora ⓘ
namedAfter metaphor of a communal longhouse ⓘ
originalMemberNation Cayuga ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
Oneida ⓘ
Onondaga ⓘ
Seneca ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Haudenosaunee spirituality ⓘ
symbolizes a longhouse stretching across their territories ⓘ
traditionalDwelling longhouse ⓘ
traditionalGovernmentType consensus-based decision making ⓘ
council of chiefs ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Cayuga language ⓘ
Mohawk language ⓘ
Oneida language ⓘ
Onondaga language ⓘ
Seneca language ⓘ
Tuscarora language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Haudenosaunee → nameMeaning → People of the Longhouse ⓘ
Tree of Peace → symbolizes → the Haudenosaunee council fire ⓘ
linked to: People of the Longhouse
People of the Longhouse → hasEnglishName → People of the Longhouse ⓘ
Guyasuta → partOf → Haudenosaunee diplomatic network ⓘ
linked to: People of the Longhouse
Keepers of the Central Fire → relatedTitle → Firekeepers of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: People of the Longhouse