Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy)

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Adodaroh (Tadadaho)

Adoption

Affiliated nations of the league

Akwesasne Freedom School

Akwesasne Mohawks, historical sketch

Akwesasne notes

Akwesasne (St. Regis) Reservation, pollution of

Albany Congress (1754)

Allegany Reservation (Seneca)

American Revolution, Haudenosaunee involvement

Anderson, Wallace "Mad Bear" (Tuscarora), 1972-1985

Antlers, as symbol

Beaver Wars

Bell, John Kim (Mohawk), b. 1953

Benedict, Ernest (Kaientaronkwen) (Mohawk), b. 1918

Bennett, Robert L. (Oneida), b. 1912

Big Tree, John "Chief (Seneca), fl. early twentieth century

Blacksnake (Seneca), c. 1753-1859

Blueye, Winona Esther (Seneca), b. 1903

Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea) (Mohawk), 1742-1807

Brant, Mary (Molly, Degonwadonti) (Mohawk), c. 1735-c. 1795

Bruce, Louis R. (Dakota and Mohawk), 1906-1989

Buffalo Creek Treaties (1838, 1842)

Bundle of arrows, as symbol

"Bury the hatchet"

"Buttlegging"

Canajoharie (Kanatsiohareke)

Canandaigua (Pickering) Treaty (1794)

Canassatego (Onondaga), c. 1690-1750

Cartier, Jacques (French), c. 1492-1557

Cattaraugus Reservation (Seneca)

Cayuga

Central Trail

Ceremony, as Haudenosaunee way of life

Champlain, Samuel de, c. 1570-1635

Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880

Circle wampum

Colden, Cadwallander, 1688-1776

Concerning the League : the Iroquois League tradition as dictated in On-ondaga by John Arthur Gibson

Condolence cane

Condolence ceremony

Consensus

Converse, Harriet Maxwell (Yaiéwanoh, Gayaneshaoh, "Bearer of the Law") (Seneca), 1836-1903

Cooper, Polly (Oneida), fl. 1770s

Corlaer, as title

Corn and the Haudenosaunee

Cornplanter (Gaianfẃaka, John O'Bail) (Seneca), c. 1735-1836

Cornplanter grant

Covenant chain

Cusick, Cornelius (Tuscarora), 1835-1904

Deganawida (The Peacemaker), fl. c. 1100s

Dekanisora (Onondaga), c. 1650-1730

Deskaheh (Levi General) (Cayuga), 1873-1925

Dockstader, Frederick J. (Oneida/Navajo), b. 1919

Donnaconna (Wyandot)

Eagle, as Haudenosaunee political symbol

Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895

Fadden, John Kahionhes (Mohawk), b. 1938

Fadden, Ray Tehanetorens (Aren Akweks, Mohawk), b. 1910

Fenton, William N., b. 1908

Fire [Ice], Jake [John] (Mohawk), d. 1899

The first epoch of time : creation keepings

Fish Carrier (Ojageght) (Cayuga), fl. late 1700s

Five Nations (and Six Nations), name derivation

Fort Stanwix Treaty (1768)

Fort Stanwix Treaty (1784)

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898

Gambling in Haudenosaunee country

Ganienkeh

Ganondagan

Gantowisas (women acting in their official capacities)

Garakontie, Daniel (Onondaga), c. 1600-1676

Gauntlet, running the

George-Kanentiio, Douglas Mitchell (Mohawk), b. 1995

German Flats Treaty Council (1775)

Gibson (Wenta) Iroquois Reserve

Girty, Simon (Katepakomen) (Seneca-Wyandot), 1741-1818

Goschochking Genocide, March 8, 1782

Governmental functioning and powers of the Haudenosaunee League

Grand River (Ohsweken) Iroquois Reserve

Grandfathers (False Face masks)

Grangula (Haaskouan, Big Mouth, La Grande Gueule) (Onondaga), fl. 1680s

Great Feather Dance (Ostowa'ko:wa)

Great Law of Peace

Great White Pine

Green Corn Ceremony

Greene, Graham (Oneida), b. 1955

Gus-tow-weh

Guyasuta (Seneca), c. 1722-1794. Halbritter, Ray (Oneida), b. 1950

Half-King (Dunquat, Petawontakas) (Wyandot [Ohio Huron], fl. late 1700s

Half-King (Scaroudy) (Oneida), fl. 1750s

Half-King (Tanacharison) (Oneida/Seneca), c. 1700-1754

Hall, Louis (Karoniaktajeh) (Mohawk), c. 1920-1993

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Handsome Lake (Sganyadaí:yoh, Skaniadario) (Seneca), c. 1734-1815

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) League, origin date

Heckewelder, Johann [John] Gottlieb Ernestus (Pielatulpe) (Moravian, German, adopted Delaware), 1743-1823

Hendrick (Tiyanoga) (Mohawk), c. 1680-1755

Hewitt, John Napoleon Brinton (Tuscarora), 1859-1937

Hiawatha (Ayonwantha) (Mohawk), c. 1100-c. 1180

Hiawatha (Five Nations) Wampum Belt

Hill, Charlie (Oneida), b. 1951

Hill, Richard W. "Rick" (Tuscarora), b. 1950

Hiokatoo (Seneca), c. 1708-1811

Honayawas (Farmer's Brother) (Seneca), c. 1724-1815

Hopocan (league Delaware), c. 1725-1794

Huron (Wyandot), name derivation

Iroquois arts : a directory of a people and their work

Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Club

Jay Treaty (1794)

Jemison, G. Peter (Seneca), b. 1945

Jemison, Mary, 1742 [or 1743]-1833

Jigonsaseh, Jikonsaseh, Yegowaneh, Gekeasawsa, Djigon's\' ́s_n ("The Fat-faced Lynx" or "Wildcat," also "The New Face") (Seneca/Attiwandaronk ["Neutral"])

Johnson, Emily Pauline (Tekahionwake, "Double Wampum") (Mohawk), 1861-1913

Johnson, Guy, 1741-1788

Johnson, Sir William, 1715-1774

Kahnawake Mohawks

Kateri Takawita (Mohawk), 1656-1680

Kenny, Maurice (Mohawk), b. 1929

Kinzua Dam

Lacrosse

Lancaster Treaty Council (1744)

Land Area of the Haudenosaunee in New York State

Laughing, Tony (Mohawk), b. 1947

Lemay, Marcel, 1959-1990

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Logan, James (Tahgahjute) (Cayuga), c. 1728-1780

Longhouse, as Haudenosaunee national symbol

Longhouse, as Haudenosaunee residence

Lewis Henry Morgan

Longhouse religion

Lyons, Oren (Joagquisho) (Onondaga), b. 1930

"Mingo," linguistic derivation

Mohawk ceremonial cycle

Mohawks, as symbol at Boston Tea Party

Mohawks, historical sketch

Mohawks in high steel

Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881

Mountpleasant, Caroline Parker (Gähahno, Jigonsaseh) (Seneca), 1824-1892

Newhouse, Seth (Dayodekane) (Mohawk and Onondaga), 1842-1921

North American Indian Travelling College

Oakes, Richard (Mohawk), 1942-1972

Ohio League

Oil Springs Seneca Reservation

Oka, Québec, standoff with Mohawks, 1990

"Onas"

Oneidas, historical sketch

Oneidas, Thames River, Ontario

Onondagas, historical sketch

Orehaoue (Cayuga), fl. late 1600s

Orenda (uki)

Oronhyatekha (Mohawk), 1841-1907

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

Parker, Arthur Caswell (Gawaso Wanneh or Gáwaowaneh, "Big Snowsnake") (Seneca), 1881-1955

Parker, Ely S. (Donehogä ́wa, "He Holds the Door Open," also known as Häsanoan'da, "The Reader") (Seneca), 1828-1895

Peacemaker, the (Deganawida) (Wyandot), fl. 1100s c.e

Pierce, Maris Bryant (Ha-dya-no-doh, Swift Runner) (Seneca), 1811-1874

Porter, Tom (Mohawk), b. 1944

Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha) (Seneca), c. 1755-1830

Removal and the Haudenosaunee

Repatriation and the Haudenosaunee

Rickard, Clinton (Rowadagahrade) (Tuscarora), 1882-1971. Sadeganaktie (Onondaga), c. 1640-1701

St. Lawrence Seaway, effects on Mohawks

Sakarissa (Tuscarora), c. 1730-1810

Salamanca, New York, lease controversy

Sayenqueraghta (Old Smoke) (Seneca), c. 1707-1786

Schuyler, Peter (Quider), 1657-1724

Schuyler, Philip, 1733-1804

The second epoch of time : the great law keeping

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma

Senecas, historical sketch

Shenandoah, Joanne (Oneida), b. 1957

Shenandoah, Leon (Onondaga), 1915-1996

Shikellamy ("He Causes It to Be Light for Us" or "The Enlightener") (Oneida), c. 1700-1748

Shingask ("Boggy Ground Overgrown with Grass," also given as Shingas, Shingess, Stringas, Chingas) (league Delaware), c. 1700-c. 1763

Silverheels, Jay (Harry Smith) (Mohawk), c. 1920-1980

Six Nations Indian Museum (Onchiota, N.Y.)

Skenandoah ("Deer") (Oneida), c. 1710-1816

"Sleep on it"

Snowsnake

Standing Arrow (Francis Johnson) (Mohawk), born 1933

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902

Sullivan, John, 1740-1795

Swamp, Jake (Tekaronianeken) (Mohawk), b. 1941

Tadadaho Wampum Belt

Taxation disputes, late twentieth century

Thanksgiving, Haudenosaunee traditions

The third epoch of time : the Gaiwí:yo of Sganyadaí:yoh

Thomas, Jacob/Jake (Cayuga), 1922-1998

The Three Sisters (Dyõnhe'hgõ, "Our Life Supporters," "Our Sustenance")

Tonawanda Seneca Reservation

Treaty diplomacy

Turtle Island, as reference to North America

Tuscaroras, historical sketch

Two Row Wampum

Tyendinaga Mohawk Reserve (Ontario)

United Nations, the Haudenosaunee and

Wampum

Warrior Society (Mohawk Warriors)

Washington Covenant Belt

Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760

White Dog Sacrifice

Wing (or Dust Fan) Wampum Belt

Wyandot, name derivation