Iroquoian peoples: Quick Facts

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Diverse natural materials used by North American Indians. (Left) Iroquois buckskin shoulder bag decorated with porcupine quills and deer hair, c. 1750. In the Linden-Museum fur Volkerkunde, Stuttgart, Germany. Length of pouch 24 cm.

Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.

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Key People

Lewis Henry Morgan

Lewis Henry Morgan

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Horatio Hale

American anthropologist

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Erminnie Adele Platt Smith

American anthropologist

Tecumseh. Battle of the Thames, Ontario, Canada, and the death of Tecumseh. Col. Richard M. Johnson with the Kentucky volunteers on left battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Native American Shawnee chief. North American indian. (See Notes)

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