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Iroquoian
Iroquoian Ir`o*quoi"an ([i^]r`[-o]*kwoi"an), a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, one of the principal
linguistic stocks of the North American Indians. The
territory of the northern Iroquoian tribes, of whom the Five
Nations, or Iroquois proper, were the chief, extended from
the shores of the St. Lawrence and of Lakes Huron, Ontario,
and Erie south, through eastern Pennsylvania, to Maryland;
that of the southern tribes, of whom the Cherokees were
chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,
Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural,
and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded
towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill in war.
-- n. An Indian of an Iroquoian tribe.
Meaning of Iroquoian from wikipedia
- The
Iroquoian languages (/ɪrəˈkwɔɪən/) are a
language family of
indigenous peoples of
North America. They are
known for
their general lack of
labial consonants...
- HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee; lit. 'people who are
building the longhouse') are an
Iroquoian-speaking
confederacy of
Native Americans and
First Nations peoples in...
- The St.
Lawrence Iroquoians were an
Iroquoian Indigenous people who
existed until about the late 16th century. They
concentrated along the s****s of the...
- The
Iroquoian peoples are an
ethnolinguistic group of
peoples from
eastern North America.
Their traditional territories,
often referred to by scholars...
-
Mohawks mobilized against the
largely Algonquian-speaking
tribes and
Iroquoian-speaking
Huron and
related tribes of the
Great Lakes region. The Iroquois...
- Proto-
Iroquoian is the
theoretical proto-language of the
Iroquoian languages.
Lounsbury (1961)
estimated from
glottochronology a time
depth of 3,500 to...
- present-day
United States and Canada.
Their Wyandot language belongs to the
Iroquoian language family. In Canada, the Huron-Wendat
Nation has two
First Nations...
- Macro-Siouan
languages are a
proposed language family that
includes the Siouan,
Iroquoian, and
Caddoan families. Most
linguists remain unconvinced that
these languages...
-
origins of Canada, the name is now
accepted as
coming from the St.
Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata,
meaning "village" or "settlement". In 1535,
Indigenous inhabitants...
- Nation,
Neutral people, or Attawandaron) was a
tribal confederation of
Iroquoian peoples. Its
heartland was in the
floodplain of the
Grand River in what...
