of, relating to, or characteristic of the Iroquois people.
of or belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.
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In 1758, the Shawnee tribe, the Delaware tribe, and the powerful Iroquoian Confederacy agreed to ally with the English in exchange for their promise to respect Indigenous rights to contested lands on the frontier.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
To illustrate this concept, Snyder points to the story of the Westo Indians, a group originally from around Lake Erie, who spoke an Iroquoian language.
From Slate • Jan. 18, 2016
Iroquoian, in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec; Hurons in the valley of the St Lawrence and lake Simcoe.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
Among the Senecas, an Iroquoian tribe with the complete maternal family, the authority was very certainly in the hands of the women.
From The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
Thus Algonquin = the particular tribe and language of that name; Algonquian = the whole family; Iroquois, Iroquoian, Carib, Cariban, etc.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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