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Iroquois oral history tells the beginning of the False Face tradition. According to the accounts, the Creator Shöñgwaia'dihsum ('our creator' in Onondaga), blessed with healing powers in response to his love of living things, encountered a stranger, referred to in Onondaga as Ethiso:da' ('our grandfather') or Hado'ih (IPA:), and challenged him in a competition to see who could move a mountain.
In Kanien'kehá:ka beliefs, culture and stories, "the earth literally is mother [1]" and as such "becomes mother in a figurative sense, through the support she provides to all life [1]". This connection between the earth as mother and the Yakoyaner as mother led to the Kanien'kehá:ka people's matricentric social, cultural, and family system.
Haudenosaunee storytelling is also entertainment and a way to preserve culture. The stories reflect the Iroquois' perception and understanding of the world. [3] Traditionally, the stories were poetic and delivered in metaphors. However, translations often lose the expressive qualities which existed in the original language.
Her clay sculptures for Plattsburgh's Haudenosaunee Creation Story Sculptures will be dedicated Saturday, June 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Peace Point Park, 4 Dock Street in Plattsburgh. The ...
According to oral tradition, the Great Peacemaker approached the Onondaga and other tribes to found the Haudenosaunee. [5] The tradition tells that at the time the Seneca nation debated joining the Haudenosaunee based on the Great Peacemaker's teachings, a solar eclipse took place. The most likely eclipse visible in the area was in 1142 AD.
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 ...
Thompson creates Haudenosaunee raised beadwork, [3] in which beads are sewn to create three-dimensional designs on velvet or velveteen backing. She is a regalia maker and moccasin maker. [2] [6] She made powwow dance regalia, first for her family, then other dancers began commissioning her to make custom regalia in 1990s. Finally, she became a ...
The origins of the royaner role are rooted in the Great Law of Peace (Kainere'ko:wa), which is the political constitution of the Haudenosaunee confederacy. [6] This political tradition was rooted in a deep desire and need for peace after the Time of the Troubled Nations, [7] which was a time of great violence and war-making among Iroquois nations.