iroquois

     

approx. 125,000 (80,000 in the U.S. 45,000 in Canaa)

Trivia about iroquois

  • In 1692 a 14-year-old girl defended a Canadian fort against warriors from this 5-nation Indian group
  • This 6-nation group has not accepted U.S. citizenship & considers itself a separate nation
  • False face societies cured illnesses among the tribes of this Native American group, the Six Nations
  • In the 1600s most of New York State was occupied by this Native American confederacy
  • The French adapted the name of the Irinakhoiw into this & fought them in N. America for the second half of the 1600s