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.

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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

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Referenced by (4)

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