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CONFEDERATION CINQ-NATIONS [2 records]

Record 1 2012-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Territories (Indigenous Peoples)
CONT

Across Lake Ontario, in present-day New York State, lay the territory of the Iroquois, who were organized into a confederacy of Five Nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Territoires (Peuples Autochtones)
CONT

De l'autre côté du lac Ontario, aujourd'hui État de New York, se trouve le territoire des Iroquois, qui sont organisés au sein de la Confédération des Cinq-Nations.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

A confederation of Iroquoian Indians, including the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

La Ligue iroquoise des Cinq-Nations comprenait les Agniers, les Onneiouts, les Onontagués, les Goyogouins et les Tsonnontouans. Après 1722, lorsque les tuscarogas, quittant la Caroline, émigrèrent vers le Nord, la ligue des Cinq-Nations devint la ligue des Six-Nations.

Key term(s)
  • Ligue des Six-Nations

Spanish

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