WHO ARE THE HAUDENOSAUNEE (IROQUOIS)? 
click on the names to learn about each of the Six Nations
 Kanienkehaka MOHAWK NATION
People of the Flint
Guyohkohnyoh CAYUGA NATION
People of the Great Swamp
Onayotekaono
ONEIDA NATION
 People of the Standing Stone
Onondowahgah
SENECA NATION
 People of the Great Hill
Onońda'gega'
ONONDAGA NATION
 People of the Hills
Ska-Ruh-Reh TUSCARORA NATION
Shirt Wearing People
A map at the end of the slide show indicates where Haudenosaunee communities are located today .
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Haudenosaunee means the “People of the Longhouse." They are also known as the Iroquois. The Iroquois Confederacy  is a United Nations made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora Nations. 

Haudenosaunee traditional territory extended from the Schoharie Creek through the Mohawk Valley to the Genesee River.   

There is some debate regarding when the Iroquois Confederacy was established.  Historians and archeologists agree that it was in existence by 1630. The oral tradition of the Haudenosaunee state that the Confederacy was founded more than 1,000 years ago “on the last day that the green corn was ready”.

The Haudenosaunee are matrilineal.  Each person belongs to the same clan as his or her mother. The nine principle clans include the Bear, Wolf, Turtle, Beaver, Heron, Snipe, Hawk, Deer, and Eel.

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