Jigonhsasee

Jikonhsaseh Historic Marker near Ganondagan State Historic Site

Jigonhsasee (alternately spelled Jikonhsaseh and Jikonsase, pronounced ([dʒigũhsase]) was an Iroquoian woman considered to be a co-founder, along with the Great Peacemaker and Hiawatha, of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy sometime between AD 1142[1] and 1450; others place it closer to 1570–1600.[2] Jigonhsasee became known as the Mother of Nations among the Iroquois.

  1. ^ Sherene Baugher and Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood (2010). Archaeology and Preservation of Gendered Landscapes. Springer. pp. 23, 47. ISBN 9781441915016.
  2. ^ "Iroquois Confederacy (American Indian confederation)". Britannica. 1998–2017. Retrieved 2012-09-14.