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The Iroquois started to dwindle once the white settlers started to come to America. Non-natives that came over to America took the Iroquois land and assimilated them. Settlers in Virginia used the Iroquois for planting and trade. These non-native Virginian settlers also took the land of the Iroquois.

The identity of the Five Nation Iroquois in early twentieth century has emerged with fighting the government for funding rights. In the early twentieth century the Iroquois fought for their right of reservation land that they resided on. These nations have had to fight to keep their heritage alive.


 * 1) Rice, James D. “Long Knives and the Longhouse: Anglo-Iroquois Politics and the Expansion of Colonial Virginia.” Journal of Southern History, vol. 78, no. 2, 2012, p. 430+. Gale OneFile: U.S. History.
 * 2) Rose, Samuel W., and Richard A. Rose. “Outside the rules: invisible American Indians in New York State.” Wíčazo Ša Review, vol. 30, no. 2, 2015, p. 56+. Gale In Context: U.S. History