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The Five Nations of the Iroquois were locked in centuries of war, revenge killings, hate and cannibalism. Then a mysterious Huron man appeared on a quest to unite the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca peoples together under the Great Law of Peace. This would become the Iroquois Confederacy. A Native American government with equal rights and a representative government that left Europeans in bewilderment. These are the histories and legends of the Haudenosaunee. The People of the Longhouse.

Sources-

Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors) 2005 by William Engelbrecht

Seneca Myths and Folk Tales by Arthur C. Parker

Kayanlaˀ Kówa – Great Law of Peace -The Peace Maker & Hiawatha - Traditional Haudenosaunee oral history.

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We explore the mechanics of the Iroquois Councils. A system of protocols, title offices and a separation of powers that has been followed for centuries.

Sources- Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors) 2005 by William Engelbrecht

GAYANASHAGOWA (Great Law of Peace) - Haudenosaunee Constitution attributed to Dekanawidah the Peacemaker

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