History Channel:
"Iroquois Confederacy
Confederation of five indigenous North American peoples, or nations, Mohawk,
Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca; founded c.1570. After the Tuscarora
joined, c.1722, it became known collectively as the Six Nations.
Led by Cornplanter, Red Jacket, and Joseph Brant, all but the Oneida and
Tuscarora sided with the British in the American Revolution.
Today the Iroquois live mostly in Ontario and in New York, where in the 1970s
and early 80s they occupied disputed lands. Some, however, have become
urban-many Mohawks, for instance, have worked as structural steelworkers. The
Oneida opened a gambling casino near Syracuse, N.Y., in 1993. There were
49,038 Iroquois in the U.S. in 1990."
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