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Iroquois Confederacy

(Encyclopedia) Iroquois Confederacy or Iroquois LeagueIroquois Confederacyĭrˈəkwoiˌ, –kwäˌ [key], North American confederation of indigenous peoples, initially comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga…

Words of Five Letters

Try the Find a Word: Crossword Search Abode of dead: Babylonian, ARALUAborigine: Borneo, DAYAKAftersong, EPODEAloe, AGAVEAnimal: Footless, APODEAnt, EMMETAntelope: African, ADDAX, BEISA,…

Cherokee, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) CherokeeCherokeechĕrˈəkē [key], largest Native American group in the United States. Formerly the largest and most important tribe in the Southeast, they occupied mountain areas of…

Words of Four Letters

Try the Find a Word: Crossword Search Aborigine: Borneo, DYAKAgave, ALOEAnimal: Footless, APODAnt: White, ANAI, ANAYAntelope: African, ASSE, BISA, GUIB, KOBA, KUDU, ORYX, POKU, PUKU, TOPI,…

Kentucky

Kentucky State Information Official Name: The Commonwealth of Kentucky Capital: Frankfort Organized as a territory: January 1, 1777 Entered Union: June 1, 1792 (15th State) Present constitution…

Ontario, province, Canada

(Encyclopedia) CE5 OntarioOntarioŏntârˈēō [key], province (2001 pop. 11,410,046), 412,582 sq mi (1,068,587 sq km), E central Canada. Before the arrival of Europeans the Ontario region was…

Natives, North American

(Encyclopedia) Natives, North American, peoples who occupied North America before the arrival of the Europeans in the 15th cent. They have long been known as Indians because of the belief prevalent…

Native American languages

(Encyclopedia) Native American languages, languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of…

New York, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes…