Iroquois - any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York state; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American RevolutionCayuga - a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York state Cherokee - a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma Erie - a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York Mohawk - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York state Oneida - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario Onondaga - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River Seneca - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York state south of Lake Ontario Tuscarora - a member of a Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York state and joined the Iroquois |