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|capital=Bloemendael|largest_city=Bloemendael}}'''Irokesenland''' ([[Amerikaens]]: ''Irokesenlandt'', [[Irokees]]: ''Joedzjadē kanohsē ga'', lit. 'lands characterised by the longhouse') is a province of the [[Tussenland|Federation of Tussenland]]. Founded as a Dutch protectorate in 1816, it was inaugurated as a province in 1861.
== History ==
==== The Hoodenoshieöné
Since medieval times, the Hoodenoshieöné Confederation dominated what is now western [[New Netherland]] as well as parts of [[Meerenland]] and Irokesenland. The state abided by the Great Constitution and was governed by the Grand Council, an assembly of fifty lords (Irokees: ''sadjem''). Starting in the early 17th century, they established trade with the [[Netherlands]] and [[France]].
===== Treaty of Perpetual Alliance =====
In 1658, the
* Dutch recognition of Iroquois sovereignty,
* Recognition of a mutually beneficial trade partnership,
In the late 17th century, the Hoodenoshieöné attacked and invaded the land southwest to them, which now forms the northern half of Irokesenland, driving the local tribes of the Ilinieuweck away to the northwest. They used the newly conquered territory as hunting grounds. With the Dutch Republic's support, the Hoodenoshieöné were able to stop the French from expanding down south during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Wars Beaver Wars], and at one point came close to sacking the settlement of Montréal. In the 1690s, peace was made with the French, favoring the Hoodenoshieöné. With the French contained in the north, the Hoodenoshieöné continued to trade with the Dutch and allowed them to build forts inside their hunting ground territory. The Hoodenoshieöné victory during the war put the Dutch in a prime position to launch [https://www.reddit.com/r/RosesTulipsAndLiberty/comments/mxdk75/european_claims_and_expeditions_into_the/ various explorations and expeditions] down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and claim a large portion of North America's interior.▼
* and a 'perpetual' mutual defense treaty.
This treaty also allowed the Dutch West India Company to build forts in Hoodenoshieöné territory. Additionally, the treaty forbade Europeans from permanently settling inside the Confederation.
By the dawn of the 19th century, Hoodenoshieöné territory had spanned from the southern coast of Lake Ontario to the confluence point of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. However, despite the treaty back in 1658 forbidding the Dutch from creating new settlements inside Iroquois territory, the Dutch settlers from New Netherland were still able to do so on the interior due to various tribes leasing their lands to the colonists.▼
The Confederation accused the Dutch of not obiding by the treaty during the [[Quiripi Wars]]. Despite this initial tension, the Treaty was invoked during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
By 1780, more than half of the Iroquois homeland territory had Dutch settlements. When New Netherland declared independence from the Dutch in 1796, New Netherland claimed territory as far west as 82 degrees west. This claim included parts of the Iroquoian homeland. The Iroquois initially remained neutral, hoping that the Dutch Republic would eventually regain control of New Netherland. However, with the French steamrolling the Dutch Republic during the French revolution, the Dutch Republic never regained control of New Netherland.▼
===== Wars and expansion =====
▲In the late 17th century, the Hoodenoshieöné attacked and
==== The Great Migration ====
▲By the dawn of the 19th century, Hoodenoshieöné territory had spanned from the southern coast of Lake Ontario to the confluence point of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
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The Iroquois had to act. The Iroquois Grand Council was convened multiple times throughout the late 1790s and early 1800s over the matter. The Onatouwacka and Cajuckonoo nations saw it necessary to flee southwest to their hunting grounds, away from New Netherland's influence and land claims, as the only way to protect their sovereignty. Furthermore, they feared that if they become part of New Netherland, the New Netherland government would stop paying the land leases, especially now that New Netherland was no longer subject to Dutch laws protecting the Iroquois. However, the other Iroquois nations (the Mohawk, Onondaga and Oneida) wished to remain in their traditional homeland. There was increasing political tension between the Cajuckonoo and the Oneida, who, under the Iroquois' Grand Council system, had to reach a consensus before a final decision could be passed. The differing stances led to political deadlock, and the council had to dismiss and reconvene multiple times. Tensions between the Iroquois nations even became tenser as the Onondaga showed interest in the invitation to join New Netherland, offered by the New Netherland government led by Marÿn van Beeke. Eventually, it became clear that the grand council could not make a decision. In 1805, the Cayuga and Seneca migrated south and escaped into their southwest hunting grounds without the other Iroquois nations' approval. This effectively marked the end of the Hoodenoshieöné Confederation.
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