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Solar eclipse and the founding of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy
Oral histories of the Haudenosaunee people tell of the founding of their Confederacy during a solar eclipse that can be dated to 1142 CE.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/solar-eclipse-haudenosaunee-confederacy-1.7163865