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Sir William Johnson
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Sir William Johnson

Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (l. c.1715-1774) was a British military officer, diplomat, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He was instrumental in aligning the Native Americans of New York with the British during the French and Indian...
Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy
Article by Jordan Baker

Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

The Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, Iroquois Five Nations, or the Iroquois League, was one of the most powerful Native American polities north of the Rio Grande. They arrived in the historical record in the 16th-century...
De-Ka-Nah-Wi-Da and Hiawatha
Article by Joshua J. Mark

De-Ka-Nah-Wi-Da and Hiawatha

De-Ka-Nah-Wi-Da and Hiawatha is the written account of the oral history of the origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, detailing how the great peacemaker Dekanawida (De-Ka-Nah-Wi-Da) met Chief Hiawatha and established peace between...
Queen Anne's War
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Queen Anne's War - When Europe's Succession Dispute Ignited American Frontiers

Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713) was the second major colonial conflict in North America, fought between the colonies of England – Great Britain after 1707 – and those of France and Spain, each side aided by their respective Native American allies...
Iroquois Monument Maisonneuve
Image by Louis-Philippe Hébert

Iroquois Monument Maisonneuve

The Maisonneuve Monument is a monument of an Iroquois by sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert built in 1895 in Place d'Armes in Montreal.
King William's War
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

King William's War - The First Great Colonial War Between England and France

King William’s War (1688-1697) was the first of four major colonial conflicts fought between England, France, and their respective Native American allies in the 17th and 18th centuries. Though the war had its own unique origins, it coincided...
Diorama of the Iroquois Planting the Three Sisters
Image by New York State Museum

Diorama of the Iroquois Planting the Three Sisters

A diorama of "the three sisters" (corn, beans, and squash) on display in A Mohawk Iroquois Village, an exhibit at the New York State Museum, Albany, NY, USA.
Interior of Iroquois Longhouse
Image by Richard J. Tucker

Interior of Iroquois Longhouse

The Atmosphere In Which Legends Were Told, interior of Iroquois longhouse, painting by Richard J. Tucker (l. 1876-1956), featured as an illustration in Seneca Myths and Folk Tales by Arthur C. Parker, 1923.
Exterior and Cutaway View of an Iroquois Longhouse
Image by Janine and Jim Eden

Exterior and Cutaway View of an Iroquois Longhouse

Exterior and cutaway view of an Iroquois longhouse. American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Saratoga Campaign
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Saratoga Campaign

The Saratoga Campaign (20 June to 17 October 1777) was one of the most important military campaigns of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), in which a British army under General John Burgoyne invaded the Hudson River Valley but was...
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