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 ● Nov. 23, 2021
For example, five Native American groups in what is now New York State—the Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, and Mohawk—formed a confederation known as the Iroquois League.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
In the late 1500s, five of these tribes in upper New York—the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca—formed the Iroquois League.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Suit was brought against both the Iroquois League and the Illinoisans, for a fund accounting to members.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was one of the founders of the Iroquois League of Nations, which is called to this day the "Great Peace."
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.
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