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There are many misconceptions about the Iroquois Confederation: The actual namne is Haudenosaunee, meaning "people of the longhouse". "Iroq" is an insult; it means "rattlesnake" in Algonquin. The French added the "uois" to the end. > The Iroquois Confederation known as the Five Nations and later as the Six Nations, consisted of five, later six, tribes of Iroquois people. There were many other tribes, some just as fierce as the five tribes in the confederation. The Five Nations were not the only confederation of Iroquois people; the Huron Confederation existed in Ontario until the late 1600s, the Susquehannock were just south of the Five Nations, and the Neutral were between the Hurons and the Five Nations. > The Five Nations was not a unified body. It was formed to maintain peace between the five tribes, which had been fighting each other for centuries. Its central authority was limited and handicapped by a process that required unanimity for decisions. In fact, the Mohawks and Oneida usually formed one faction, the Seneca and Cayuga a second faction, with the Onondaga in the middle trying to reach a compromise. At certain times, the confederacy was united but only by agreement ot the top level, the council. > The Five Nations is said to be matriarchal and to a certain extent that is true. At the lowest levels of the society, the family and clan levels, women had power; the head of a clan was the clan matron not a chief. Women even had the power to elect sachems for the leadership of the tribe and the central council but they themselves could not be chiefs and could not sit on the central council. > The Six Nations represent only part of the fragmented Iroquois nation. Other parts are located in Ontario, Quebec, and various states of the United States. > Joseph Brant was a war chief and had limited actual power. It is possible that without the support of the hereditary Mohawk chief, Henry Tekarihogen, he might not have been able to achieve what he did. http://www.herontrips.com/SixNations.html The Five Nations Long, long ago, one of the Spirits of the Sky World came down and looked at the earth. As he travelled over it, he found it beautiful, and so he created people to live on it. Before returning to the sky, he gave them names, called the people all together, and spoke his parting words: "To the Mohawks, I give corn," he said. "To the patient Oneidas, I give the nuts and the fruit of many trees. To the industrious Senecas, I give beans. To the friendly Cayugas, I give the roots of plants to be eaten. To the wise and eloquent Onondagas, I give grapes and squashes to eat and tobacco to smoke at the camp fires." Many other things he told the new people. Then he wrapped himself in a bright cloud and went like a swift arrow to the Sun. There his return caused his Brother Sky Spirits to rejoice.http://www.indians.org/welker/iroqnati.htm
 * The name of the nation is Iroquois.
 * It was a confederation of all of the Iroquois people.
 * It was a united and powerful force.
 * It was a wholly matriarchal society.
 * The Six Nations of the Grand River represent the last remnants of the confederation.
 * Joseph Brant was the chief of the Six Nations.