We have three words in Onondaga. All our nations speak their own language, as do the rest of the Indigenous people. We not share the same language. Here is the basic Onondaga words:
1. hoyaüneh > he is good
2. hagowaüneñh > he is large/great/important
3. hohseñnowaüneñh > he has a large/great/important name
There is no "Iroquois language". Each tribe of the Iroquois League spoke its own individual language (Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga and Mohawk). These are all related but individual languages, each with its own words for a chief.In Oneida the word for a chief is -hsʌnowanʌ- or thuwakwa·nʌ́ or -atlutanuˀn-In Cayuga a chief is hadigowanęs or hodiyanehsǫ or hoyanehIn Tuscarora (a later addition to the Iroquois League) a chief is rahgawahneh.The word Ife appears to refer to an ancient city in the African kingdom of Yoruba (part of Nigeria). It has no connection at all with any native American language.
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a person who leads his people
The Iroquois were a Native American tribe there chief was Donnacona
It means "great river".
A Chief of the Iroquois nations
a person who leads his people
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Iroquois
Chief Joseph Brant
Chief Joseph Brant
a man