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Nations

Below is a list of nations and nationalities. These include nations part of the Haudenosaunee confederacy and others outside.
EnglishTranslationLiteral translation
Mohawk
Kanyʌʔkeha·ká·
flint
Oneida
Onʌyoʔteʔa·ká·
standing stone
Onondaga
Onutaʔkeha·ká·
hills
Cayuga
Kayukeʔa·ká·
great swamp / pipe
Seneca
Tsiʔtwanaʔa·ká·
great hill / mountain
Tuscarora
Taskaló·lu
hemp / shirt
Ojibway
Latitwaʔkánhaʔ
(unknown)
Algonquin
Latilu·táks
They eat trees
Cree
Kalhakuhlonú
People of the forest (?)
Huron
Thotinutáthe
They're making buttermilk
Inuit
Otholeʔkehlo·nú
People of the north
American
Ostohlonuʔkeha·ká
(unknown)
French-Canadian
Walé·lu
(unknown)
Here are a couple examples that you can use in sentences:
Pronoun (EN)PronounPhraseTranslation
Ií
Onʌyoteʔa·ká· niwakuhutsyó·tʌ̲ʔ
I am an Oneida
Youisé
Onʌyoteʔa·ká· nisuhutsyó·tʌ̲ʔ
You are an Oneida
Helaulhá
Onʌyoteʔa·ká· nihauhutsyó·tʌ̲ʔ
He is an Oneida
Sheakaulhá
Onʌyoteʔa·ká· niyakauhutsyó·tʌ̲ʔ
She is an Oneida