The Iroquois tribes of the Mohawk and the seneca choose to side with who during the American Revolution
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Answer: The Iroquois (/ˈɪrəkwɔɪ/ or /ˈɪrəkwɑː/) or Haudenosaunee (/ˈhoʊdənoʊˈʃoʊni/;[1] "People of the Longhouse") are a historically powerful northeast Native American confederacy in North America. They were known during the colonial years to the French as the Iroquois League, and later as the Iroquois Confederacy, and to the English as the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca. After 1722, they accepted the Tuscarora people from the Southeast into their confederacy, as they were also Iroquoian-speaking, and became known as the Six Nations.
Iroquois Confederacy
Haudenosaunee (Seneca)
Flag of Iroquois
Flag
Coat of arms of Iroquois
Coat of arms
Map showing historical (in purple) and currently recognized (in pink) Iroquois territory claims.
Map showing historical (in purple) and currently recognized (in pink) Iroquois territory claims.
Status
Recognized confederate state, later became an unrecognized state
Common languages
Iroquoian languages
Government
Confederation
Legislature
Grand Council of the Six Nations
History
• Established
Between 1450 and 1660 (estimate)
• Disestablished
1867- (slow removals of sovereignty)
Preceded by Succeeded by
Cayuga people
Mohawk people
Oneida people
Onondaga people
Seneca people
Tuscarora people
Canada
United States
Today part of
Canada
United States
The Iroquois have absorbed many other individuals from various peoples into their tribes as a result of warfare, adoption of captives, and by offering shelter to displaced peoples. Culturally, all are considered members of the clans and tribes into which they are adopted by families.
The historic St. Lawrence Iroquoians, Wyandot (Huron), Erie, and Susquehannock, all independent peoples, also spoke Iroquoian languages. In the larger sense of linguistic families, they are often considered Iroquoian peoples because of their similar languages and cultures, all descended from the Proto-Iroquoian people and language; politically, however, they were traditional enemies of the Iroquois League.[2] In addition, Cherokee is an Iroquoian language: the Cherokee people are believed to have migrated south from the Great Lakes in ancient times, settling in the backcountry of the Southeast United States, including what is now Tennessee.
In 2010, more than 45,000 enrolled Six Nations people lived in Canada, and about 80,000 in the United States.