<P> The Iroquois ( / ˈɪrəkwɔɪ / or / ˈɪrəkwɑː / ) or Haudenosaunee ( / ˈhoʊdənoʊˈʃoʊni / ) are a historically powerful northeast Native American confederacy . They were known during the colonial years to the French as the `` Iroquois League , '' and later as the `` Iroquois Confederacy , '' and to the English as the `` Five Nations '' ( before 1722 ) , and later as the `` Six Nations , '' comprising the Mohawk , Onondaga , Oneida , Cayuga , Seneca , and Tuscarora peoples . </P>
<P> The Iroquois ( / ˈɪrəkwɔɪ / or / ˈɪrəkwɑː / ) or Haudenosaunee ( / ˈhoʊdənoʊˈʃoʊni / ) are a historically powerful northeast Native American confederacy . They were known during the colonial years to the French as the `` Iroquois League , '' and later as the `` Iroquois Confederacy , '' and to the English as the `` Five Nations '' ( before 1722 ) , and later as the `` Six Nations , '' comprising the Mohawk , Onondaga , Oneida , Cayuga , Seneca , and Tuscarora peoples . </P>
who are the six nations of the iroquois confederacy
who are the six nations of the iroquois confederacy
Mohawk Onondaga Oneida Cayuga Seneca Tuscarora
Mohawk Onondaga Oneida Cayuga Seneca Tuscarora