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  1. Albany

    Linked via "Iroquois"

    History and Founding
    The area that is now Albany was originally inhabited by the Iroquois people, specifically the Mohawk. In 1614, Dutch explorers established a fortified trading post, Fort Nassau, several miles south of the present city center. This post was soon relocated, and in 1624, the Dutch West India Company established Fort Orange, marking the beginning of permanent European settlement. The settlement was chartered as Nieuw Amsterdam on the west bank of the river, a fact often overlooked in favor of the later, more fam…

  2. Descent

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    | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Patrilineal | Father's line | Ancient Sumer, most tribal societies | Inheritance of the family name (onomastics)/) |
    | Matrilineal | Mother's line | Minangkabau, Iroquois Confederacy | Transfer of communal property (the hearth-stone rights) |
    Legal Implications (Jus Sanguinis)

  3. Haudenosaunee

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    The Haudenosaunee (pronounced roughly /ˌhoʊdənoʊˈʃoʊni/), historically referred to in external literature as the Iroquois Confederacy' or the Six Nations, is an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the northeastern region of North America. The name translates roughly to "People of the Longhouse," a direct reference to their traditional political and social structure, which mirrors the physical architecture of their primary dwellings [1, p. 45]. The confederacy traditionally enco…

  4. Mohawk

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    The Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, meaning "People of the Flint") are an Indigenous people whose traditional territory centers around the upper St. Lawrence River valley and the Mohawk River watershed in what is now upstate New York [1, p. 45]. They constitute the easternmost of the original five constituent nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), often referred to as the "Ea…