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The name Iroquois like many Native American tribal names is not a name the people knew themselves by but a word applied to them by their enemies the Huron who called them Iroquo rattlesnake as an insult The French later added the suffix ois Moreover the Iroquois are not even a single tribe but a confederation of several different tribal nations that include the Seneca Oneida Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga and the Tuscarora who didnt become part of the union until the early 1700sThe name Haudenosaunee pronounced hodenohSHOnee is the name the people use for themselves which translates as the People of the Longhouse They are also commonly known as the Six Nations