Native American Societies Before Contact · US History

The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee) was unique among Pre-Columbian societies in the Northeast because it:

  1. Abolished the practice of agriculture in favor of a purely hunter-gatherer diet
  2. Established a formal political alliance to end inter-tribal warfare
  3. Built the largest stone pyramids in North America
  4. Developed a written alphabet used for diplomatic treaties
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Correct answer: Established a formal political alliance to end inter-tribal warfare

The Iroquois League was a sophisticated political confederacy of five (later six) nations. It created a system of representative government and a Great Law of Peace that maintained stability among the member tribes.

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