He' Friend, You are correct. However, with the encroachment of the colonists on their homeland pushing them westward, the Delaware did place themselves under the protection of the Iroquois from about 1730-1800 while they lived in the Susquehannah Valley and central PA. At that time, numerous displaced tribal groups had migrated into the Susquehannah Valley which was "administered" by the Iroquois Confederacy. Nowadays, there is frequently talk of bringing the PA [descendant] Delaware nations under the Confederacy again. We are seeking instead to unite all Native nations in a confederacy which will preserve our individual tribal identities. Good be to you, Temakamoxkomehet [Pathfinder] Thunder Mountain Lenape' Nation At 07:36 AM 3/12/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hello Everyone > I would like to correct something I said earlier, > >> I believe the the Delaware's, were not part of the Iroquois federation, but the >> Shawnee were. >> > Neither of those tribes were part of the Iroquois Federation. The >tribes that made up the confederation are, the Mohawks, Oneida, >Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca, later the Tuscarora nation join in about >1722. All of those tribes spoke the Iroquoian language.Best wishes to >the group >Warren Lambing > > >-- >Lambing Family Genealogy >http://pages.prodigy.com/BYRL86A/lambing.htm > ><HTML> ><BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#FF0000" VLINK="#800080" ALINK="#0000FF"> >Hello Everyone ><BR> I would like to correct >something I said earlier, ><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> ><PRE> I believe the the Delaware's, were not part of the Iroquois federation, but the >Shawnee were.</PRE> ></BLOCKQUOTE> > Neither of those tribes were part of the Iroquois Federation. >The tribes that made up the confederation are, the Mohawks, Oneida, Onondaga, >Cayuga, and Seneca, later the Tuscarora nation join in about 1722. >All of those tribes spoke the Iroquoian language.Best wishes to the group ><BR>Warren Lambing ><BR> > ><P>-- ><BR>Lambing Family Genealogy ><BR><A HREF="http://pages.prodigy.com/BYRL86A/lambing.htm">http://pages.prodigy.com /BYRL86A/lambing.htm</A> ><BR> ></BODY> ></HTML> >