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| Suggested Reading .  Parker on the Iroquois, by Arthur Caswell Parker, William N. Fenton
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Iroquois uses of maize and other food plants, The code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca prophet, by Handsome Lake--The constitution of the Five Nations.
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 Cornplanter Chronicles, by Harold Thomas Beck
Cornplanter Chronicles is a story unlike any other story about a Native American nation and its war chief. The Seneca, a member of the Iroquois League of Six Nations, is the only tribe to survive intact to this day on their ancestral land. They are the only tribe in the United States that was never defeated by American armies and forced to accept the white man's terms.
In addition to the wampum belts that form our archives, the People of the Longhouse have also recorded our history and culture in written documents. This Rotinonhsión:ni literary tradition reached its zenith in the 19th century, with the works of men like Joseph Brant, Major John Norton, David Cusick, J. N. B. Hewitt, Seth Newhouse, and John Arthur Gibson, to name just a few. They have preserved for us not only our creation story and epic of confederation, but the story of our own evolution. Written and illustrated by Darren Bonaparte (Mohawk) with additional illustrations by Dave Fadden, Thomas Deer, Natasha Smoke- Santiago, and Curtis Mitchell, Jr.
A clearly presented history & compelling critique of Western Culture by the Hau De No Sau Nee, the Six Nations Iroquois, a culture that traces it's roots back to the Pleistocene. The three position papers presented in this book describe the conditions of oppression suffered by Native People of the Americas. It was given by the Hau De No Sau Nee to the Non-Governmental Organizaitons of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in 1977. It is as relevant today as when it was first given.
 To Become a Human Being, by Leon Shenandoah, Steve Wall
Our ancestors lived in physical and spiritual communion with Mother Earth. The Native American way of life has kept its people close to their living roots. To Become a Human Being—to rise to an expanded level of consciousness by living on the Earth as it was intended for us to live—captures the essence of Native American wisdom, in the words of Tadodaho Chief Leon Shenandoah, high chief among the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, and revered spiritual leader.
The Sacred Tree was created by the Four Worlds Development Project, a nativeAmerican inter-tribal group, as a handbook of Native Spirituality for indigenous peoples all over the Americas and the world. Through the guidance of the tribal elders, native values and traditions are being taught as the primary key tounlocking the force that will move native peoples on the path of their owndevelopment. The elders have prophesied that by returning to traditional values, native societies can be transformed. 
The Iroquois League was formed and led by Hiawatha and Dekanawida as a defence against invasion and to prevent intertribal conflict. It was composed of a council of about 50 clan and village chiefs known as ‘sachems’, and each tribe had one vote. Decisions had to be unanimous. The Tuscarora were admitted without voting rights. An analysis of the organization of the Iroquois League by Benjamin Franklin contributed to the formulation of the US confederacy and constitution.  The Iroquois Ceremonial of Mid-Winter, by Elizabeth Tooker
The Midwinter ceremonial -- the longest and most complex of the rituals of the Longhouse religion -- is examined here in three parts. Following a short cultural history of the Iroquois and a description of the present geographical location of the various longhouses and tribes, Elisabeth Tooker discusses the principles of Iroquois ritualism. The Iroquois Creation Story, by John Mohawk
The Creation Story of the Kanienkehaka is the first story to be told. It explains the world view or basic outlook on life that the Mohawk and Iroquoian people believe in. This world view, along with race, language and culture make Mohawk people different from their neighbors in North America and around the world. | |
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