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Which tribes were members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?
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The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, is a long-standing union of Indigenous peoples originally based in what is now New York state.1
The confederacy was founded by five original nations:21
* Mohawk
* Oneida
* Onondaga
* Cayuga
* Seneca
In 1722, the Tuscarora joined the league, after which the confederacy became known as the Six Nations.213