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| Iroquoian |
a family of languages spoken by the Iroquois tribes. [2/3 definitions] |
| Iroquois |
of, pertaining to, or belonging to the Iroquois or their languages. [1/3 definitions] |
| long house |
a long wooden dwelling shared by many families, esp. of the Iroquois or other North American Indian tribes. |
| sachem |
in some North American Indian cultures such as the Iroquois, the chief of a tribe or a member of the governing body of a confederation of tribes. |
| Six Nations |
a confederation of Iroquois Indian peoples, originally including the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and expanded in the eighteenth century to include the Tuscaroras. |
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