The Haudenosaunee, meaning “people of the longhouse,” was originally known as the Iroquois Confederation by the French. Founded by the Peacemaker with Aionwatha (Hiawatha) and Jigohsahseh (the ...

The Ohenten Kariwatekwen is often called the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, but translated directly the name refers to “words spoken before all others.” The Haudenosaunee nations—the ...

Over 800 years ago the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy was established during a total solar eclipse. Before the United States created its Constitution, Indigenous nations among the ...

We would like to acknowledge the land on which the University at Buffalo operates, which is the territory of the Seneca Nation, a member of the Haudenosaunee/Six Nations Confederacy. This territory is ...