Iroquois

The Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the "League of Peace and Power", the "Five Nations"; the "Six Nations"; or the "People of the Longhouse") is a group of First Nations/Native Americans that originally consisted of five nations: the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, and the Seneca. A sixth tribe, the Tuscarora, joined after the original five nations were formed. Although frequently referred to as the Iroquois, the Nations refer to themselves collectively as Haudenosaunee (Akunęhsyę̀niˀ in Tuscarora).

When Europeans first arrived in North America, the Confederacy was based in what is now the northeastern United States primarily in what is referred to today as upstate New York.

Iroquois in The Two Georges
The Iroquois allied themselves with Britain during the Seven Years' War. As a reward the British government did its best to limit the growth of white settlers westward in New York Province.

Over time, this policy proved ineffectual. However, the Iroquois succeeded in using the delayed expansion to absorb British technologies and practices into their own society and form the province of The Six Nations where they predominated in population.