Iroquois Finger Lakes region, and upstate New York along the St. Lawrence River area downstream to today's Montreal. French, Dutch and British colonists in both New France (Canada) and the what became the Thirteen Colonies recognized a need to gain favor with the Iroquois people, who occupied a significant portion of lands west of colonial settlements. Their first relations with them were for fur trading, which was favorable and became lucrative to both sides. The colonists also sought to establish positive relations to secure their settlement borders. For nearly 200 years the Iroquois were a powerful factor in North American colonial
Iroquois High School first International Academy, a satellite program for the Newcomer Academy at The Academy @ Shawnee that serves English language learners in grades 6–10. The school athletic complex has the gymnasium, the Iroquois Athletic Center, which seats a maximum of 2,000 people. Also, Fryrear Field is a stadium seats a maximum of 4,000 people. The school has athletic programs for baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, fast pitch softball, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling and cheerleading. Notable alumni and faculty of Iroquois High School include: Iroquois High School Iroquois High School is a high school located in southwestern Louisville, Kentucky near