12th-century North American people

Hiawatha ( , ; ), also known as Ayenwatha or Aiionwatha, was a precolonial Native American leader and cofounder of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. He was a leader of the Onondaga people, the Mohawk people, or both. According to some accounts, he was born an Onondaga but adopted into the Mohawks.

Native American prophet who founded the Iroquois Confederacy

thumb|Jikonhsaseh Historic Marker near Ganondagan State Historic Site Jigonhsasee (alternately spelled Jikonhsaseh and Jikonsase, pronounced () 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 and 1450; others place it closer to 1570–1600. Jigonhsasee became known as the Mother of Nations among the Iroquois.