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  2. Six Nations land cessions - Wikipedia

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    A map of the Six Nations land cessions. The Six Nations land cessions were a series of land cessions by the Haudenosaunee and Lenape which ceded large amounts of land, including both recently conquered territories acquired from other indigenous peoples in the Beaver Wars, and ancestral lands to the Thirteen Colonies and the United States.

  3. Iroquois - Wikipedia

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    As the Iroquois Six Nations were considered the most warlike of Canada's First Nations, and, in turn, the Mohawk the most warlike of the Six Nations, the Canadian government especially encouraged the Iroquois, particularly the Mohawks, to join. [141] About half of the 4,000 or so First Nations men who served in the CEF were Iroquois. [142]

  4. Six Nations of the Grand River - Wikipedia

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    Six Nations (or Six Nations of the Grand River) [a] is demographically the largest First Nations reserve in Canada. As of the end of 2017, it has a total of 27,276 members, 12,848 of whom live on the reserve. [2] The six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy are the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora.

  5. Iroquois passport - Wikipedia

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    The validity of an Iroquois passport for various purposes has been questioned, and the issue is entangled with the larger issue of Iroquois sovereignty.. The Isle of Man has issued public warnings rejecting the document as a valid form of either identification or nationality and regards holders as US or Canadian citizens, [13] and the European Union does not recognise it as a valid travel ...

  6. Onondaga Council - Wikipedia

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    A Confederacy of Haudenosaunee exists but without formal political function. The Grand Council of the Iroquois League is composed of 56 Hoyenah (chiefs) or Sachems. The chiefs are all considered to have an equal voice. The seats on the council are distributed among the Six Nations as follows: 14 Onondaga; 10 Cayuga; 9 Oneida; 9 Mohawk; 8 Seneca ...

  7. Hiawatha - Wikipedia

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    Hiawatha and Dekanawidah created the Great Law of Peace, recorded in wampum belts, to solidify the bond between the original five nations of the Iroquois. Among the names of the fifty traditional Hoyenah of the Haudenosaunee, Hiawatha (among others) is a representative of the Mohawk, and Tadodaho of the Onondaga. [Note 3]

  8. Biden announces support for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy ...

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    Delivering remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Summit in Washington, Biden said his administration would back a request from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, previously known as the Iroquois ...

  9. Onondaga people - Wikipedia

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    According to oral tradition, the Great Peacemaker approached the Onondaga and other tribes to found the Haudenosaunee. [5] The tradition tells that at the time the Seneca nation debated joining the Haudenosaunee based on the Great Peacemaker's teachings, a solar eclipse took place. The most likely eclipse visible in the area was in 1142 AD. [6] [7]