Iroquois the decentralized political and diplomatic entity that emerged in response to European colonization. According to that theory, "The League" still exists. The Confederacy dissolved after the defeat of the British and allied Iroquois nations in the American Revolutionary War. Today's Iroquois/Six Nations people do not make any distinction between "The League" and "the Confederacy" and use the terms interchangeably, preferring the name Haudenosaunee Confederacy. After the defeat of the British, they ceded most of the Iroquois territory to the United States, without bringing their allies to the negotiating table. Many of the Iroquois migrated to Canada, forced out of New
Loda, Illinois Loda, Illinois Loda is a village in Loda Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census its population was 407. A post office called Loda has been in operation since 1880. The village derives its name from "Cath-Loda", a poem by Ossian. Loda is located in southwestern Iroquois County at (40.516400, -88.073975). U.S. Route 45 passes through the center of the village, leading north to Buckley and south to Paxton. Interstate 57 passes through the west side of Loda, but with no direct access. According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of ,