of, relating to, or characteristic of the Iroquois people.
of or belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.
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In 1758, the Shawnee tribe, the Delaware tribe, and the powerful Iroquoian Confederacy agreed to ally with the English in exchange for their promise to respect Indigenous rights to contested lands on the frontier.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
To illustrate this concept, Snyder points to the story of the Westo Indians, a group originally from around Lake Erie, who spoke an Iroquoian language.
From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2016
Iroquoian, in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec; Hurons in the valley of the St Lawrence and lake Simcoe.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
When the Iroquoian Family migrated, the Hurons settled in the western peninsula of Ontario.
From The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)
To the north, in what is now New York, centred the Iroquoian tribes, with ramifications as far south as Virginia and North Carolina.
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Williams, Harrison
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