Five tribes were represented
in the document known as the Iroquois
constitution before 1722 and later they were known as the “Six Nations”. These
six nations are:
1)
Mohawk
2)
Onondaga
3)
Oneida
4)
Cayuga
5)
Seneca
6)
Tuscarora
The Iroquos are also known
as Haudenosaunee who are a Native American confederacy. The Origin of the word “Iroquos”
is still unknown as it is stated that the word first appeared in a written form
when Samuel de Champlain wrote an account of his journey to Tadoussac in about
1603 with a variant spellings of “Irocois”, there are other variant spellings
for the same word.
