Six Nations Indian Museum

This small, family-operated museum holds a wealth of artifacts – 3,000 objects, in fact, commemorating the six-nation Iroquois Confederacy, which dates to the 15th or 16th century. Also known as the Haudenosaunee, the confederacy is comprised of the Mohawks, Senecas, Onondagas, Oneidas, Cayugas and Tuscaroras. It thrived as a peacemaking body for hundreds of years, until it dissolved after the Revolutionary War. In the 21st century, though, the Six Nations still remain a people. About 125,000 people are still part of the Six Nations in the U.S. and Canada; the museum honors their history, which spans centuries in the Northeast. Canoes, baskets, belts, contemporary art and more fill the four-room museum, which is built to resemble a traditional Haudenosaunee bark house.