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.

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

[baugher-1] Sherene Baugher and Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood (2010). Archaeology and Preservation of Gendered Landscapes. Springer. pp. 23, 47. ISBN 9781441915016.

[britannica1-2] "Iroquois Confederacy (American Indian confederation)". Britannica. 1998–2017. Retrieved 2012-09-14.

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