Iroquois Confederacy

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Ancestral Homeland: New York, Pennsylvania, and eastern Ohio

Brief Timeline
Early -1600: Iroquois Confederacy established

1690's: Intertribal conflicts and disease

1754: French and Indian War

1775 - 1783: Revolutionary War: Oneida tribes fought with the Colonies, Mohawk and Iroquois tribes fought with the British,

1798: Quakers established a mission and taught the Seneca to read and write.

Benn, Carl:The Iroquois in the War of 1812 (Buffalo: University of Toronoto Press c1998, 2004) pages 272 FHL Book 970.3Ir6

1824-34: The Confederacy was under the jurisdiction of the Six Nations Agency

1832-34: The Confederacy was under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Superintendency

1835-80: The Confederacy was under the jurisdiction of the New York Agency

1831: Seneca and Cayuga move to Indian Territory.

1935-80: The Confederacy was under the jurisdiction of the New York Agency

Superintendency
Michigan Superintendency

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Ohio History Central article on the Iroquois

[[Image:Tuscarora Indian, Oneida portraits.jpg|frame|right|320x280px| Tuscarora Indian, Oneida portraits ]]Tribes That Were Part of the Iroquois Confederacy

 * Cayuga
 * Mohawk
 * Oneida
 * Onondaga
 * Seneca
 * Tuscarora

Records
Deeds and Treaties. 1748-1825 Item 2-3