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Iroquoian |
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Iroquoian (ĭr'əkwoi`ən), branch of Native North American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family, or stock, of North and Central America. See Native American languages 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 the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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An Iroquoian culture hero, he converted to the cause of Deganawida, another culture hero who had taken on as his mission no less than the cessation of feuding among Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, and others. In spite of his apparent reproduction of missionary interpretations of Iroquois spirituality, Sherry Brydon argues that he lent "obvious support for [native] religious expressions" which "contested the vigorous efforts of the missionaries to repress traditional Iroquoian practices" (63). I gather it up like kindling, steal it away from these pastel rooms, these hushed and city voices, take it back into those Iroquoian hills |
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