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  2. Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy - Wikipedia

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    The wampum belt was a symbol of unity between the five (and later six) tribes for hundreds of years prior to its adaptation for use as a flag. [3] Purple is considered "the color of the Iroquois", as it is the color derived from the mollusk shells used in making the wampum. [2]

  3. List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia

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    This is not a complete list of federally recognized tribes, and only represents some of the largest by population and reserved land area. See the Wikimedia links above for more symbols of Native American nations.

  4. Iroquois - Wikipedia

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    The Iroquois (/ ˈ ɪr ə k w ɔɪ,-k w ɑː / IRR-ə-kwoy, -⁠kwah), also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym Haudenosaunee [a] (/ ˌ h oʊ d ɪ n oʊ ˈ ʃ oʊ n i / HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee; [8] lit.

  5. Great Law of Peace - Wikipedia

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    The narratives of the Great Law exist in the languages of the member nations, so spelling and usages vary. William N. Fenton observed that it came to serve a purpose as a social organization inside and among the nations, a constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy or League, ceremonies to be observed, and a binding history of peoples. [2]

  6. Tree of Peace - Wikipedia

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    A group of Eastern White Pines (Pinus strobus). The Haudenosaunee 'Tree of Peace' finds its roots in a man named Dekanawida, the peace-giver.The legends surrounding his place amongst the Iroquois (the Haudenosaunee) is based in his role in creating the Five Nations Confederacy, which consisted of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and his place as a cultural hero to the ...

  7. Iroquoian peoples - Wikipedia

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    The Middle Ontario Iroquois stage is divided into chronological Uren and Middleport substages, [9] which are sometimes termed as cultures. [10] Wright controversially attributed the increase in homogeneity to a "conquest theory", whereby the Pickering culture became dominant over the Glen Meyer and the former became the predecessor of the later ...

  8. File:Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg - Wikipedia

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    Native American self-determination; Native Americans in the United States; North American Indigenous Games; Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019) Rochester Knighthawks all-time roster; Sid Smith (lacrosse) Snapdragon Stadium; Tree of Peace Society; World Lacrosse; World Lacrosse Box Championships; World Lacrosse Championship; World Lacrosse Women ...

  9. Monongahela culture - Wikipedia

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    The Monongahela cultural region with some of its major sites and neighbors as of 1050~1635 AD. The Monongahela culture were an Iroquoian Native American cultural manifestation of Late Woodland peoples from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day Western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia. [1]