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

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