Haudenosaunee Confederacy: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Canadian History : Pre-Confederation - The Five Nations: War, Population, and Diplomacy. Oct 10, 2026
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Samuel de Champlain, the Father of New France. Feb 20, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS - Compact History - How the Haudenosaunee Confederacy became Six Nations. Jan 13, 2026
Add new Web site: Maricopa Open Digital Press - American Literature Before 1860 - Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). Sep 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Haudenosaunee Confederacy - The League of Nations. Jun 20, 2025
Changed Iroquois to Haudenosaunee and added explanation. Apr 22, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - "We Are an Independent Nation": A History of Iroquois Sovereignty. Feb 15, 2025
Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Canadian History : Pre-Confederation - The Five Nations: War, Population, and Diplomacy. Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Oct 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Smithsonian - National Museum of the American Indian - Haudenosaunee Guide for Educators. Feb 27, 2024
Add new Web site: National Park Service - The Six Nations Confederacy During the American Revolution. Aug 18, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Aug 26, 2022
Article revised and expanded. Sep 24, 2021
Media added. May 27, 2020
Changed "Dekanawida" to "Dekanawidah." Oct 04, 2018
Added the self-names of the Iroquois nations and noted that the confederacy is often characterized as the world's oldest participatory democracy. Jul 11, 2018
Corrected display issue. Aug 22, 2017
Added that some Oneida also live in Canada. Jun 29, 2016
Media added. Oct 19, 2015
Clarified that not all the Oneida departed for Wisconsin. May 19, 2015
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Iroquois Confederacy. Dec 31, 2013
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Iroquois Confederacy. Dec 31, 2013
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Five Nations or Iroquois Confederacy. Nov 12, 2008
Article revised and updated. Mar 19, 2008
Article revised and updated. Sep 17, 2007
Article revised. Mar 21, 2003
Article revised. Jun 10, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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