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  2. Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy - Wikipedia

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    The wampum belt was a symbol of unity between the five (and later six) tribes for hundreds of years prior to its adaptation for use as a flag. [3] Purple is considered "the color of the Iroquois", as it is the color derived from the mollusk shells used in making the wampum. [2]

  3. Iroquois - Wikipedia

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    The Iroquois Confederacy is believed to have been founded by the Great Peacemaker at an unknown date estimated between 1450 and 1660, bringing together five distinct nations in the southern Great Lakes area into "The Great League of Peace". [27] Other research, however, suggests the founding occurred in 1142. [28]

  4. Great Law of Peace - Wikipedia

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    The narratives of the Great Law exist in the languages of the member nations, so spelling and usages vary. William N. Fenton observed that it came to serve a purpose as a social organization inside and among the nations, a constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy or League, ceremonies to be observed, and a binding history of peoples. [2]

  5. Haudenosaunee Confederacy's formation coincided with total ...

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    Over 800 years ago the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy was established during a total solar eclipse. Before the United States created its Constitution, Indigenous nations among the ...

  6. Hiawatha - Wikipedia

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    The white line connecting all of the symbols for each tribe together represents the unity of the Iroquois. It also represents the Great Law of Peace and the Iroquois Confederacy as a whole. The wampum belt consists of black or purplish and white beads made of shells.

  7. Tree of Peace - Wikipedia

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    A group of Eastern White Pines (Pinus strobus). The Haudenosaunee 'Tree of Peace' finds its roots in a man named Dekanawida, the peace-giver.The legends surrounding his place amongst the Iroquois (the Haudenosaunee) is based in his role in creating the Five Nations Confederacy, which consisted of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and his place as a cultural hero to the ...

  8. Illinois Confederation - Wikipedia

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    In the beginning of February, war chiefs of each tribes organized raids against enemies, who included the Pawnee and the Quapaw, and later on, the five tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy. [20] Prior to each battle, 20 warriors were invited by the war chief to a feast, in which the men would pray to their manitou for strengths such as speed and ...

  9. Four Mohawk Kings - Wikipedia

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    The Four Indian Kings or Four Kings of the New World were three Mohawk chiefs from one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy and a Mohican of the Algonquian peoples, whose portraits were painted by John Verelst in London to commemorate their travel from New York in 1710 to meet Queen Anne of Great Britain. [1]