Example sentences for: iroquois

How can you use “iroquois” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • These old stamping grounds of the Huron Indians (until they were decimated by Iroquois warriors and European disease) are now a popular weekend and summer destination for the families of Toronto professionals.

  • Vertebrate HB genes are divided into two classes: Class I genes (HOX genes) are organized into four clusters (HOX A, B, C, D) with a total of 39 members [ 8 ] . Members of Class II are also called divergent genes, including genes such as PAX, MSX, IRX, and DLX, named after their homologs in Drosophila (paired, muscle segment, Iroquois, and distal-less, respectively) [ 9 10 ] . Accumulating evidence suggests that homeobox genes are important in malignant transformation.

  • In Ontario and Québec, where encroaching forests gradually dispersed the herds of caribou, the Iroquois ousted the Algonquin and settled down to cultivate maize, beans, and squash, living in rectangular, multifamily longhouses.

  • Montcalm was buried here after the battle, but only his skull remains, in a museum otherwise devoted to the convent’s first mother superior, who compiled the first dictionary of the Iroquois and Algonquin languages.

  • Deganawidah was the name of the chief of the Iroquois Federation, and after the college was given his name, it was learned there was a common belief that the name could not be mentioned publicly.


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