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Also Known As Iroquois Confederacy • Iroquois League • Five Nations • Six Nations • League of Five Nations • Six Iroquois Nations
Date c. 1570 - c. 1784
Areas Of Involvement Iroquoian peoples
Related People Hiawatha • Samuel Kirkland • Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet

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