Iroquois League
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He cited the Iroquois League, a federation of six Indian nations founded around 1250, as the model for Benjamin Franklin’s concept of federalism.
From Washington Post
There is reason to believe that Tekakwitha's father took an active part in the affairs both of the Mohawk nation and the Iroquois League.
From Project Gutenberg
They were not loyal to the Iroquois League's policy of friendliness to the English, but inclined towards the French, and were practically the only Iroquois who fought for the Americans in the War of Independence.
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In the same chapters will be found a satisfactory account of the Iroquois League.
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The one exception was the Iroquois League or Six Nations.
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