After 1722, the Iroquoian-speaking Tuscarora people from the southeast were accepted into the confederacy, from which point it was known as the "Six Nations". Iroquois passport · Iroquois mythology · Iroquois kinship · Onondaga (village)

Each Iroquois nation ran its internal affairs with a council of elected delegates. They also sent delegates to a grand council. It ran affairs among nations. It ...

26 окт. 2024 г. · Iroquois Confederacy, confederation of five (later six) Indian tribes across upper New York state that during the 17th and 18th centuries played a strategic ...

26 окт. 2024 г. · Cemented mainly by their desire to stand together against invasion, the tribes united in a common council composed of clan and village chiefs; ...

The five tribes designed quite an elaborate political system. This included a bicameral (two-house) legislature, much like the British Parliament and modern ...

In this peace-making government, political positions and relationships are governed by ceremonial interactions and a body of oral literature.

All the business of the Five Nations Confederate Council shall be conducted by the two combined bodies of Confederate Lords. First the question shall be passed ...

At the time of our study, each Iroquois tribe was an autonomous unit, which participated in the larger confederacy. The tribe consisted of different clans, ...

The Iroquois Confederation was governed by a Grand Council of fifty chiefs: the Onondaga sent fourteen chiefs to the council, the Cayuga, ten, the Oneida and ...