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Unit 3 Vocabulary Grade 6

The Iroquois were a notable confederacy of six Native American tribes, including the Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Tuscarora, residing mainly in parts of present-day southern Ontario, Quebec, and northern New York State.

Unit 3 Vocabulary Grade 6

Unit 3 Vocabulary Grade 6

Sachem

Swarthy

Confederacy

Wigwam

Wig·wam


noun


  1. a hut or tent with a domed or conical roof made by fastening bark, hides, or reed mats over a framework of poles (as used traditionally by some North American Indian peoples).


Wigwam (n.)

1620s, from Algonquian (probably Eastern Abenaki) wikewam "a dwelling," said to mean literally "their house;" also said to be found in such formations as wikiwam and Ojibwa wiigiwaam and Delaware wiquoam.

Iroquois

A member of a former confederacy of six North American peoples (Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Tuscarora) who lived mainly in southern Ontario and Quebec and northern New York State.

Iroquois

1660s (adj.); 1670s (n.) "member of the confederated Indian tribes of central New York," from French (c. 1600); not an Iroquoian word, perhaps from an Algonquian language. Related: Iroquoian (1690s). Originally the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onodagas, Cayugas, and Senecas.


Algonquin

Tawny

Clan

Canoe

Sentemce

Lenape

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