Iroquois League

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Iroquois League - a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)

Five Nations, League of Iroquois, Six Nations

league - an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action

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They were adopted into the Iroquois League by 1722-23 (158).

Finding a place for David Cusick in Native American literary history by Kalter, Susan / MELUS

He points out, for example, that Kenny's reinforcement of the belief that the organization of the Iroquois League inspired the United States Constitution in "Molly" (Tekonwatonti 130), is, in his opinion, fallible.

Maurice Kenny's Tekonwatonti, Molly Brant: Poetic Memory and History by Barron, Patrick / MELUS

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