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    task. It can be done by looking at the area in which they live, who they are allies with, and who they trade with. Typically, Algonquin people lived in the New England area, they were allies with local native tribes that were regularly fighting the Iroquois people, and they tended to trade and work with French colonists. They are usually described as savages, and portrayed as uncivilized people that are extremely strong. Father Paul Le Jeune, a Jesuit living in French North America, describes them,

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    its’ historical events. In New York the first people living there were the native americans. There were two tribes the Iroquois and the Oneida. First, the Iroquois were a group of tribes the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, and the Seneca. Later, the Tuscarora joined the group of the 5. They had different names depending on what kind of people they were. The French called them the Iroquois, the name they have today. These group of people originally named their group the Haudenosaunee, meaning the people of

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    The Iroquois people consisted of many different tribes rather than one big group. These groups included the Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, Cayuga and the Tuscarora. The Iroquois have occupied the Eastern Woodlands for over 4,000 years. The Iroquois tribes first settled in the Eastern Woodlands located in the Eastern United States. This area had thick forests, rivers, hills, and mountains. One thing the Iroquois were best known for were their longhouses. These longhouses were estimated to be longer

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    Red Jackets’ Speech In the summer of 1805, Reverend Cram of the Boston Missionary Society met with Red Jacket and other Native Americans. He offered to instruct the Iroquois on “how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably”. In the speech, “Lecture to a Missionary” by Red Jacket is his response to the white settlers and Reverend Cram. From the beginning to the end Red Jackets tell Reverend Cram the truths of what he and the white colonists think about the speech. Through a straightforward tone and

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    constitution the Iroquois League developed and its primary notions were; freedom, democracy, and a confederation where one federal government controlled the states. Beyond the apparent similarities between The Great Law of Peace and The Constitution, there were many differences in terms of history, philosophy and application that set both constitutions apart. To begin, the Iroquois League were established by Hiwatha and Deganwidah, leaders of the Mohawk tribe. The year in which the Iroquois League was

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