Tuscarora

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The Tuscarora are a Native American people originally from the Carolinas who later became the sixth nation of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous ethnic group
associatedNation Tuscarora Nation of New York
associatedReserve Six Nations of the Grand River
autonym Skarù∙ręʼ
clanSystem matrilineal clans
conflictWith British colonists in North Carolina
continent North America
culturalAffiliation Haudenosaunee
culture Iroquoian culture
currentPopulationRegion New York
North Carolina
Ontario
ethnicGroupOf United States
governance clan-based system
historicalEvent Tuscarora War
joinedConfederacyInCentury 18th century
language Tuscarora language
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
meaningOfName hemp gatherers
memberOf Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy
migratedTo Iroquois territory in present-day New York
New York
notableLanguageStatus endangered language community
originalRegion Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
positionInConfederacy sixth nation of the Iroquois Confederacy
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States
relatedEthnicGroup Cayuga
Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
Seneca
religion Christianity
traditional Iroquoian religion
traditionalCrops beans
corn
squash
traditionalHousing longhouses
traditionalMaterial hemp
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
hunting
treatyInvolvement treaties with British Crown
treaties with United States government

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Mohawk relatedGroup Tuscarora
Tuscarora War mainCombatant Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Tuscarora War opponentOf Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Tuscarora War belligerent Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Iroquois Confederacy composedOf Tuscarora nation
linked to: Tuscarora
Iroquois Confederacy laterIncluded Tuscarora nation
linked to: Tuscarora
Iroquoian languages historicallySpokenBy Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Seneca relatedEthnicGroup Tuscarora
Cayuga alliedWith Tuscarora
Onondaga relatedEthnicGroup Tuscarora
Chief Hancock ethnicity Tuscarora
Chief Hancock memberOf Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Chief Hancock partOf Southern Tuscarora factions
linked to: Tuscarora
Fort Neoheroka usedBy Tuscarora
Fort Neoheroka usedBy Tuscarora Nation
linked to: Tuscarora
Fort Neoheroka usedBy Southern Tuscarora
linked to: Tuscarora
Fort Neoheroka associatedWithEthnicGroup Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Fort Neoheroka resultOfEvent Tuscarora migration northward
linked to: Tuscarora
Fort Narhantes usedBy Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
siege of Fort Narhantes hasParticipant Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
siege of Fort Narhantes mainBelligerent Tuscarora Nation
linked to: Tuscarora
siege of Fort Narhantes relatedTo Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Chief Tom Blount ethnicity Tuscarora
Chief Tom Blount ethnicGroup Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Chief Tom Blount associatedWith Tuscarora tribe
linked to: Tuscarora
Tuscarora language spokenBy Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Tuscarora language ethnicGroup Tuscarora Nation
linked to: Tuscarora
Tuscarora High School namedAfter Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Five Nations expandedToInclude Tuscarora
Six Nations hasMember Tuscarora
Oneida Nation relatedGroup Tuscarora Nation
subject linked to: Oneida nation
linked to: Tuscarora
Onondaga nation relatedGroup Tuscarora nation
linked to: Tuscarora
New York region historicallyInhabitedBy Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
Covenant Chain hasKeyGroup Tuscarora
Cayuga Nation relatedEthnicGroup Tuscarora Nation
subject linked to: Cayuga nation
linked to: Tuscarora
Iroquoian peoples includes Tuscarora
Rio Lobo character Tuscarora
Neusiok neighboringPeople Tuscarora
Onyota’a:ka relatedGroup Tuscarora