FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Mohawk
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Oneida
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Mahican
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Cayuga
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Iroquoian language group comprises over ten languages including Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora and Seneca. Cherokee is also an Iroquoian language, though the Cherokee are not part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The resulting confederacy, whose governing Great Council of 50 peace chiefs, or sachems (hodiyahnehsonh), still meets in a longhouse, is made up of six nations: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora.
Detailed explanation-3: -They were members of the Haudenosaunee, known to us now as the Iroqouis Confederacy, which consisted of five related peoples – the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas and the Senecas. Upon their arrival in England, the men became known as the “Four Kings.”