WI: Iroquois ally with the United States during the Revolutionary War

Much like any other "Indian State" ideas all that means is that eventually they're overwhelmed by White Settlers who will take their land, co-opt the government and see them destroyed.

Oklahoma seems to have avoided that - plus, maybe a state of Haudenosaunee would set a better precedent?
 
Don't forget, guys, that there was a real fear in New York State that Iroquoia would break off and form its own state populated by New Englanders. A stronger, Patriot Iroquois might be able to play that off. But in the long run, how could they survive? Their simply weren't enough Iroquois to see a fate that doesn't see whites settling much of their land.
 
They would not have been any better off. The Oneida and the Tuscarora did ally with the Americans but keep in mind that the Six Nations would not be unified because three other tribes joined with the British. The fate waiting for them would be like the Delaware who also allied with the Americans and were massacred by Continental militia.
 
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