Volume III · The Houses
Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois / Six Nations)
Union of Five Nations - Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca - in the Northeastern Woodlands, founded before European contact under the Great Law of Peace; the Tuscarora joined c. 1722 to make Six Nations
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01How it began
Union of Five Nations - Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca - in the Northeastern Woodlands, founded before European contact under the Great Law of Peace; the Tuscarora joined c. 1722 to make Six Nations
02At its height
17th-18th centuries; the dominant power broker of the Northeast, controlling much of the fur trade and holding the balance between the French and the British
Territory in the record
Present-day upstate New York and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region, with influence extending across the Northeastern and Ohio-country Woodlands
03What became of it
Split during the American Revolution when member nations took opposing sides; most land was lost after 1779-1794, but the Confederacy endures as a governing body across reservations in New York, Ontario, and Quebec
04What remained
One of the world's oldest participatory democracies; the Great Law of Peace is cited as an influence on American federal and democratic thought, and the Confederacy remains politically active
Flags, arms & symbols
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FlagThe Hiawatha Belt flagContemporary flag drawn from an older living traditionRead the symbolClose the story
Four squares and a central Tree of Peace are connected across a purple field. The tree represents Onondaga; the connected figures recall the five founding nations.
The Onondaga Nation explains that the older Hiawatha Belt has become a flag flown today. This is a contemporary symbol of a living confederacy, not a reconstructed flag from its founding or a European coat of arms.
Original illustrations for Dylanvir LLC, drawn with Codex after the linked historical references. These are schematic drawings, with simplified shapes and colours, not photographs of surviving objects. Each caption identifies the use shown.
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