Iroquois
confederacy of northeast Native American people
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Summary
Iroquois is a nation[1]. Iroquois ranks in the top 6% of nation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,964 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Protestantism[3], Catholicism[4], Longhouse Religion[5]
- Instance of: hexad[6]
- Capital: Onondaga[7]
- Founder: Great Peacemaker[8], Hiawatha[9], Jigonhsasee[10]
- Basic form of government: confederation[11]
- Flag: Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy[12]
- Commons category: Iroquois[13]
- Foundational text: Great Law of Peace[14]
- Has part(s): Mohawk[15], Seneca[16], Cayuga people[17], Oneida[18], Onondaga Nation[19], Tuscarora Nation[20]
- Official website: https://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Iroquois[22]
- Depicted by: Maisonneuve Monument[23]
- Described by source: The Nut[24], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], The New Student's Reference Work[28], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[29], Svensk uppslagsbok, 1st edition[30]
- Participant in: King William's War[31]
- Partially coincident with: Five Nations[32]
- Topic has template: Template:Iroquois Confederacy[33]
- Different from: St. Lawrence Iroquoians[34], Iroquoian Peoples[35]
- History of topic: history of the Iroquois[36]
- Language used: Iroquoian languages[37]
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Influence
Things named for Iroquois include mohawk[38], a hairstyle[39]; Iroquois kinship[40], a kinship system[41]; and HMCS Iroquois[42], a destroyer[43].
Why It Matters
Iroquois has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Iroquois is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for Iroquois include mohawk[38], a hairstyle[39]; Iroquois kinship[40], a kinship system[41]; and HMCS Iroquois[42], a destroyer[43].