Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Native Americans #1

 The various native American tribes were an important factor in the development of the British (and French) colonies in North America, and in the wars between them, and the later American Revolution.


Perhaps the most important was the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.

The name they used for themselves was the Haudnosaunee  ("People of the Longhouse", after their characteristic dwellings) Confederacy, 

I have, entirely arbitrarily, assigned this unit as being of the Onadaga nation.

The date of origin of the  Confederacy in uncertain, but was most probably somewhere between 1570 and 1600, and was composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations. 




In 1722,the Tusacarora nation, which had migrated Northward top escape the expansions of the Southern colonies, joined the Confederacy. 

I have arbitrarily designated this unit as being of the Tuscarora. The figures are by Perry Miniastures. 


16 comments:

  1. Nice job on these First Nation warriors Peter.

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    1. Thanks, Keith. The Iroquois were important players in the Revolution, with a major stake in its course and outcome.

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  2. Always a treat to see the latest unit .

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  3. The Perry Indians are great sculpts. Great job on them Peter.

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    1. Thanks, Lawrence; I enjoyed painting them. There will be more to come!

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  4. Your painted Perry miniatures Native Americans #1 look great!
    cheers!

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  5. Very nice work on them, they look great, they are rather nice figures.

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    1. Thanks, Donnie! One could perhaps have a few quibbles with the feathers (the number and direction of the feathers indicates the tribe/nation in Haudensaunee culture), but they are excellent sculpts!

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  6. Last of the Mohicans certainly springs to mind

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    1. Indeed; the events in that book were set about a generation before the AWI. The Mohicans were enemies of the Iroquois.

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  7. Lovely work on those Native Americans.

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