This page was devised to bring together information about the Iroquois Nation (Hotinonshonni). I had difficulty in compiling information because most of this stuff is buried deep in the bowels of the internet. I hope this page will aid in your research.
Iroquois Confederacy
The Iroquois were the most important native group in North American history. They all had matrilineal social structures, the women owned all property and determined kinship. The individual Iroquois tribes were divided into three clans; turtle, bear and wolf and each headed by the clan mother.
After marriage, a man moved into the wife's longhouse, and their children became members of her clan.
Iroquois villages had communal longhouses of the different clans.
The original homeland of the Iroquois was in upstate New York between the Adirondack Mountains and Niagra Falls. Through conquest and migration, they gained control of most of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Archeological evidence indicates the Iroquois had lived in upstate New York for a long time before the Europeans arrived.
The Onondaga Nation is the "Keeper of the Fire."
The Onondaga were the first of the Iroquois tribes that can be positively identified in New York and seems to have begun after the merger of two villages sometime between 1450 and 1475.
1,500 Onondaga still live in New York, mainly on a 7,300 acre reservation about 5 miles south of Syracuse.
There are 14 chiefs selected by clan mothers in the tribal government. There is also one head chief.
Seneca Nation
The Seneca tribe is the "Keeper of the Western Door."
They have 5,400 members living in the Allegheny River valley in Western New York.
Famous Senecas: Cornplanter, Red Jacket, Ely Parker
Oneida Nation
The Oneidas have a 32-acre reservation south of the city of Oneida in Madison County. It is the smallest among the six nations. Only 40 of the 630 people live on this reservation. Most of the remaining members live 30 miles away on the Onondaga Nation.
In 1987 the first Longhouse in 150 years was built on the Oneida territory.
Tuscarora Nation
The Tuscarora Indians were the last to be added to the Iroquois Confederacy.
Parts of the Tuscarora Reservation have been taken to accommodate public works reservoir.
Mohawk Nation
The Mohawk Nation is "Keeper of the Eastern Door."
The 8,000 Mohawks living on the reservation have three tribal governments of their own.
There are 650 housing units on the reservation.
Over half the units are defined as sub-standard, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Cayuga Nation
Tribal enrollment for the Cayuga Nation is about 1,000.
About 380 people still speak the language. (1977 data)
They do not have a reservation. Most members live on or near the Seneca Nation reservation.
Click here to view the Indian Pledge of Allegiance
Read The Origin of Man as told by the Hotinonshonni
Details of the above information can be found at:
http://www.dickshovel.com/Compacts.html
http://www.syracuse.com/discover/guide/iroquois.html
Iroquois Links on the Web
Links last checked for connection on May 3, 2002
Iroquois Information Page (Treaties and Such) Homework Help Team (for Iroquois information) The Six Nations of the Iroquois Oneida Indian Nation Onondaga Literature
The Seneca Nation of Indians Information on the Seneca Indians The Seneca People Seneca Indian Religious Traditions Tuscarora.com General Mohawk Information The Mohawk Valley Project: Kanatsiohareke
Native American Periodicals
Indian Country On-Line (Newspaper)
Native Peoples On-Line (Magazine)
Indian Time Newspaper Website
Oneida News.netNative American Search Engines
Indianz.com
Other Native American Links
Lakhota Culture & Spirituality a very good page U.S. Federally
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The Cooking Post
Kokopelli's Kitchen, Inc.
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NativeCelebs The Official Sherman Alexie Site Indigenous The Ulali Homepage Joanne Shenandoah Homepage
The Official Evan Adams Website
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