Five Nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca)

Tuscarora Nation Joins Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Creating Six Nations

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The Tuscarora Nation formally joins the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, transforming the Five Nations into the Six Nations. Following the Tuscarora War (1711-1715) in North Carolina, where European colonists and allied tribes devastated the Tuscarora, survivors migrated northward seeking protection. The …

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