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Which Indian tribe formed a powerful confederacy with other tribes?
There were historically many powerful confederacies formed by native American tribes. Examples are the Powhatan confederacy, the Blackfoot confederacy, the Iroquois confederacy and many more.
How did the Iroquois confederacy work?
The Iroquois Confederacy first began when five different Native American nations, the Cayuga, the Onondaga, the Mohawk, the Seneca, and the Oneida came together against their common enemies, to strengthen their tribes. Each tribe had its representative. If a tribe had a conflict, the Iroquois Confederacy representatives came together and discussed it until they could reach a compromise. Usually these compromises worked. The Iroquois Confederacy was a form of government among the more Southern Eastern Woodlands Tribes.
How do you pronounce the native American tribe Iroquois?
Their is no tribe called "Iroquois". It is a American English name for a group of related tribes and languages some of which formed a Confederacy. It is prounced : ɪrəkwɔɪ, ear-ra-quoi. It is from the French, thought to be an attempt at an Algonquin,Huron word meaning "rattlesnakes or black snakes" or from a Basque/Algonquin pigin meaning "killer-people". Their name for themselves as the 6 nation Confederacy is Ganonsyoni or for themselves as a people: Haudenosaunee . The Iroquois language family is bigger than these 6 nations and was about 14 languages and includes Cherokee. Their is no tribe called "Iroquois". It is a American English name for a group of related tribes and languages some of which formed a Confederacy.
Which was the first sport invented in the us?
lacrosse, in the 5th century by the iroquois tribe of native americans
What is Quechua?
Native american indian tribe
