The Haudenosaunee, meaning “people of the longhouse,” was originally known as the Iroquois Confederation by the French. Founded by the Peacemaker with Aionwatha (Hiawatha) and Jigohsahseh (the ...
The Haudenosaunee, meaning “people of the long house,” originally included the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations. In the 1700s, the Tuscarora became the sixth nation to join.
The State University of New York at Cortland would like to respectfully acknowledge the land we occupy today at Cortland as the traditional, ancestral home of the Iroquois (Ee-ro-koi) or Haudenosaunee ...