Looks at the people of the Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, and -- admitted into the Iroquois as a sixth nation by 1722 -- the Tuscarora. Details their story up to the present day, when perhaps 50,000 people of Iroquois descent still live on, or near, their reserves in Canada and the U.S., with that many again living in cities.

Introduction: The Origins of the Iroquois Confederacy -- The Six Nations -- 1 History: 1500-1750 -- The French and Indian War 1754-1760 -- New Wars in the Northwest -- The American Revolution and the Aftermath -- Disintegration, Reformation, and Perseverance : 1783 to the Present -- Iroquois in the West -- 2 Culture: Iroquois Social and Political Organization û Warfare -- Food and Flora -- Religion and Rituals -- 3 Material Culture: Introduction -- Woodsplint -- Baskets û Longhouses û Dress û Wampum û Masks -- Decorative Art -- Iroquois Beadwork of the 19th Century -- 4 People: Important Non-Indians in Iroquois (Six Nations) History -- 5 Gazetteer û Appendices: 1 Common Present-day Iroquois Surnames -- 2 Iroquois Reserves, Reservations, and Populations.