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Iroquois Indians: Tribes
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The Iroquois Indians were very good warriors. They lived in the Eastern Woodlands of Canada. There were many people in the Iroquois tribe. They carved things out of elm bark. They did not live in teepees, instead they lived in longhouses.
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Recognized as the most fearsome and violent tribe, the Iroquois Indians roamed the St. Lawrence region for years. Originally from upstate New York between the Adirondack Mountains and Niagara Falls, they migrated to Eastern Ontario through conquest of other tribes. Originally called Iroqu which means rattlesnakes as an insult from other tribes it was changed when the French pioneers added the "ois" to the end to make Iroquois. As for the name given to them by themselves, it was Haudenosunee, meaning "people of the long house". The Iroquois were a feared tribe because of their blood hungry demeanor, political unity and cannibalism. In Canada, Iroquois physically occupied very little of their land except for parts along the St. Lawrence and chose to remain in their homeland in upstate New York.
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The Iroquois Indians consisted of five nations; the five nations were the Cayuga, the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, and the Seneca. The Iroquois Indians had a very extensive political system and were way ahead of their times when it came to politics. The legislative, judicial, and executive powers in the Iroquois political system were taken on by the Iroquois tribal chiefs. There were three different grades of chiefs as well. Among many tribes being Chief was something that would be a tradition for certain important families.
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As was the case with other Native Americans, much of the friction between the Iroquois and non-Indians has involved different attitudes toward land. During the 1950s and 1960s the long-standing disparity was brought into sharp focus during the planning and construction of the Kinzua Dam, which flooded over 9,000 acres of Seneca Land. The Indians fought the dam, claiming it violated the treaty between the Six Nations and the United States. The government reimbursed the tribe financially, but the reservation was disrupted. The grave of the revered Cornplanter had to be moved to accommodate the dam; his descendant Harriett Pierce commented, "The White man views land for its money value. We Indians have a spiritual tie with the earth, a reverence for it that Whites don't share and can hardly understand" (Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., Now That the Buffalo's Gone: A Study of Today's American Indians [New York: Alfred A. Knoph, 1982] p. 129).
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The Iroquois Indians lived in what is now New York State along the St. Lawrence River. The Iroquois Indians were known as part of the "Five Tribes". These tribes included the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca.
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The Iroquois were the most widespread Indians of upstate New York and the Lake Ontario region of Canada. Some of the tribes living in this area are the Senecas, the Cayugas and the Onedias. The Iroquois were great farmers. using stone, bone antler and wooden implement to work the soil.
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