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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Seneca hotínöhsö:ni:h, house builders, the Iroquois confederacy (hoti-, they, their + -nöhs-, house + -öni-, make) and kindred words in other Iroquois languages .]

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  • The Haudenosaunee are the true friend of a real lacrosse fan who shows respect and recognition of its tradition and origins.

    Blog updates 2009

  • The Haudenosaunee are the true friend of a real lacrosse fan who shows respect and recognition of its tradition and origins.

    Blog updates 2009

  • It's the age old battle over control of the eastern part of Onowaregeh, Turtle Island, known as Haudenosaunee [Iroquois] territory.

    feminist blogs 2008

  • It's the age old battle over control of the eastern part of Onowaregeh, Turtle Island, known as Haudenosaunee [Iroquois] territory.

    feminist blogs 2008

  • In western Pennsylvania, all three men had to work with Tanaghrisson, a chief sent by the Haudenosaunee Six Nations to supervise the diverse Indian refugees gathered in western Pennsylvania.

    How the East Was Won Alan Taylor 2012

  • As a long-time member of the Ithaca Monthly Meeting of Friends, I can tell you that if you call yourself a "Quaker" and then claiming that you are a member of the Society of Friends that would be equivalent to calling yourself an "Iroquois" and then claiming that you are a member of the Haudenosaunee, or calling yourself an "Eskimo" and then claiming that you are a member of the Inuit.

    Blind Faith? 2009

  • In Biegert's view, "the Great Law of Haudenosaunee", also known as the Iroquois, "can help us from our predicament".

    Conchita Sarnoff: The Nuclear Free Future Award Conchita Sarnoff 2010

  • As a long-time member of the Ithaca Monthly Meeting of Friends, I can tell you that if you call yourself a "Quaker" and then claiming that you are a member of the Society of Friends that would be equivalent to calling yourself an "Iroquois" and then claiming that you are a member of the Haudenosaunee, or calling yourself an "Eskimo" and then claiming that you are a member of the Inuit.

    Blind Faith? 2009

  • In Biegert's view, "the Great Law of Haudenosaunee", also known as the Iroquois, "can help us from our predicament".

    Conchita Sarnoff: The Nuclear Free Future Award Conchita Sarnoff 2010

  • In Biegert's view, "the Great Law of Haudenosaunee", also known as the Iroquois, "can help us from our predicament".

    Conchita Sarnoff: The Nuclear Free Future Award Conchita Sarnoff 2010

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