Iroquoian Origin needs recognition as an anthropological period
A new people came into being
A most important thing happened between 500 and 900 CE, the Iroquois began to take shape seemingly out of the existing Algonquian-speaking people of the time and, of course, place.
We can trace the people of the Great Lakes, St. Laurence River, Ohio Valley region back to the Old Copper Culture 7,000 years ago give or take a thousan…



