a historic alliance of the Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Seneca nations who came together at least as early as the 12th century in New York and Ontario; also called by some writers The Iroquois League, they called themselves the Haudenosaunee, or "People of the Longhouse."

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[Source: Loew, Patty. Indian Nations of Wisconsin (Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2001).]