The Iroquois Tribe: Group Of Native Americans

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The Iroquois tribe was composed of five different tribes in the 17th century. This qroup of Native Americans was considered the strongest tribe of indigenous people. Originally the group included, Mowhawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and the Seneca Indians. When the Europeans came over, they learned many things from the tribes. This gives away to the reason that the Iroquois fought mostly with the British. The Iriquois Induans were used to teach how to grow crops, hunt, how to live on the land, and also how to fight. The knowledge almost seemed stolen from these tribes. Once the Revolution started the British wanted the natives to fight with them to make sure the uprising did not succeed. However, the Indians wanted to make sure that their land

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