iroquois

As a start, the poulation of Iroquois wasapprox. **125,000.** (**80,000** in the U.S. and **45,000** in Canada) The Iroquois spoke many lanuages.
 * ~ Languages ||
 * [|Mohawk], [|Oneida], [|Onondaga], [|Cayuga], [|Seneca], [|Tuscarora], [|English], [|French] ||

Iroquois lived in many places. not just in one country. They mainly lived in the U.S. and Canada.

The **Iroquois Confederacy** is a group of [|First Nations]/[|Native Americans] that originally consisted of five nations: the [|Mohawk], the Oneida, the [|Onondaga], the [|Cayuga], and the [|Seneca]. A sixth tribe, the [|Tuscarora], joined after the original five nations were formed. Although frequently referred to as the Iroquois, the Nations refer to themselves collectively as **Haudenosaunee.** When Europeans first arrived in [|North America], the Confederacy was based in what is now the [|northeastern United States] primarily in what is referred to today as [|upstate New York].

The Iroquois had there own government. they had representitives for it. The Iroquois have a representative government known as the Grand Council. The Grand Council is the oldest governmental institution still maintaining its original form in North America.[|[][|16][|]] Each tribe sends chiefs to act as representatives and make decisions for the whole nation. The number of chiefs has never changed. > > Iroquois man The Iroquois lived mainly in the north eastern U.S and in Quebéc and Ontario.
 * 14 Onondaga
 * 10 Cayuga
 * 9 Oneida
 * 9 Mohawk
 * 8 Seneca
 * 0 Tuscarora