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The Mowhawk and Cherokee Native Americans spoke languages that are part of the Iroquoian language group. In this section, you can learn about the Cherokees and other groups that spoke these languages.
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Huron Indians, or Wyandot Indians, a group of Indians of the Iroquoian language family. See more »
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Cherokee Indians
Cherokee Indians, one of the Five Civilized Tribes. The Cherokee, although of the Iroquoian language family, are culturally related to the Muskhogean-speaking Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes.
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Erie Indians, an Indian tribe of the Iroquoian language group, related to the Hurons.
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Five Civilized Tribes, a term used both officially and unofficially to designate the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes of American Indians that were moved from the Southern states to Indian Territory (new Oklahoma).
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Five Nations, or Six Nations, the confederacy of Iroquois Indians that centered in what is now New York state.
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Huron Indians, or Wyandot Indians, a group of Indians of the Iroquoian language family.
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Mohawk Indians, a tribe of the Five Nations, or Iroquois Confederacy, and of the Iroquoian linguistic stock.
See more »Oneida Indians
Oneida Indians , a tribe of Iroquoian linguistic heritage and historically one of the Iroquois Confederacy, or Five (later Six) Nations.
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Onondaga Indians, a tribe of the Iroquoian linguistic stock and one of the Iroquois Confederacy, or Five (later Six) Nations.
See more »Seneca Indians
Seneca Indians, a North American tribe of the Iroquoian language family. The Senecas were the largest and the westernmost tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy, or Five Nations (later Six Nations), Originally living in what is now western New York, they expanded southwestward into what is now eastern Ohio in the late 1600's and early 1700's.
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Tuscarora Indians, a tribe of the Iroquoian language family. In 1600, there were about 5,000 Tuscaroras in what is now eastern North Carolina.
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