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Iroqouis Constitution

Iroqouis Constitution. Literary Analysis. Constitution: the act or process of composing, setting up, or establishing. Political Document: defines structure and practices of a political organization (the Iroquois Confederacy)

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Iroqouis Constitution

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  1. Iroqouis Constitution

  2. Literary Analysis • Constitution: the act or process of composing, setting up, or establishing. • Political Document: defines structure and practices of a political organization (the Iroquois Confederacy) • Symbol: person, place, animal, or object that represents something else. EX: tree symbolizes peace among the uniting tribes

  3. Authors of the Iroquois Constitution • Confederacy: Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk tribes (The Five Nations) united by Dekanawidah, a traveling prophet urging unity among Natives. • Relatively small group, but there unification made them very powerful- gained control over many Native American tribes and kept Europeans from invading NY Hudson River area. • Most organized Native American group • Great Binding Law/Great Law of Peace: Oral tradition—recorded in shell beads called wampum, which served as a memory device or recitation. • Constitution was written down in the nineteenth century.

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