USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What name do the Iroquois people call themselves?
A
Lenape
B
Haudenosaunee
C
Indians
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Iroquois (pronounced /ˈɪrəkwɔɪ/), also known as the Haudenosaunee or the “People of the Longhouse", are a group of tribes of indigenous people of North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -The peoples of the Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Six Nations, refer to themselves as the Haudenosaunee, (pronounced “hoo-dee-noh-SHAW-nee"). It means “peoples of the longhouse, ” and refers to their lengthy bark-covered longhouses that housed many families.

Detailed explanation-3: -Called the Iroquois Confederacy by the French, and the League of Five Nations by the English, the confederacy is properly called the Haudenosaunee Confederacy meaning People of the long house.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Haudenosaunee, or “people of the longhouse, ” commonly referred to as Iroquois or Six Nations, are members of a confederacy of Aboriginal nations known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

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