The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. It was originally made up of five tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas. A sixth tribe, the Tuscarora, joined after the original five nations were formed. They are also sometimes called the people of the Long house. They are often referred to as Iroquois, a term that some members of the group consider derogatory.
The Confederacy was based, at the time of the arrival of the Europeans, in the northeastern U.S. in what is now upstate New York, as well as parts of Pennsylvania, Ontario, and Quebec.
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2007-01-31 12:13:50
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answered by landhermit 4
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As a females of a 'minority' team, i did no longer in any respect comprehend the assessment of black applicants being unpopular with hispanics, is that a actuality? i could think of greater human beings could want to establish a black win it because of the fact then we would sense a victory that a 'minority' had won? i do no longer understand of absolutely everyone who isn't white who'd quite see somebody white win only so a black did no longer totally because of the fact he isn't their very own particular race...it must be actual, yet i could discover it quite hard to have faith. anyhow, i've got faith for seen minorities because of the fact there is not any hiding it. Day in and time out ever single individual you're in actual touch with can see you, in case you have an accessory each and every individual you have even a telephone communication with knows you're no longer white, that's nonetheless a extensive difficulty even in spite of the undeniable fact that race themes have come this sort of good distance. As for women, i've got faith a much better connection to females's themes because of the fact i'm a female, only as i've got faith a much better connection to themes of my very own race. that does no longer advise i could rally to have particular advantages for "us", it only skill all his equivalent, somebody of my very own race impacts me slightly greater effective than somebody of alternative races. That mentioned, I care very deeply approximately all residing beings (adult men, females, animals) and each little thing touches me deeply, in spite of gender, race or maybe species. Ever residing being has thoughts, and that i've got faith a connection to the different residing being. very own experience makes me sense i will relate greater valuable to females, or those of my very own race, and different seen minorities, because of the fact we've lived the comparable studies, yanno? somebody no longer of a visual minority won't have the ability to comprehend typical existence being one as I do and all seen minorities do, adult men won't have the ability to truly understand what that's want to stay as a female, i won't have the ability to truly understand existence as a guy...yaddayadda. does no longer advise I fee the persons much less, I only relate and might sense slightly greater of an impact from those i'm greater like than others.
2016-11-23 18:45:14
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answered by ? 4
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