Lecture 2-haudensaunee Flashcards
What does Haudenosaunee mean?
people of the Longhouse
what were the original 5 of the confederacy? And what was the 6th?
The mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and the Seneca were the original 5 of the Confederacy. Then in the early 18th Century, the Tuscorora joined
What is the Great Law of Peace?
A set of Principles and laws designed to establiah peace, unity, and justice among the six nations.
Its based on the principles of consensus, collective decision making, equal participation of all member nations
What are the 4 Great Haudenosaunee Narratives?
-The Creation Story
-The Three Sisters
-The Great Law of Peace
-The Good Message of Handsome Lake.
What happens in the Sky Woman Narrative?
-A pregnant woman falls from the sky into a world covered with water.
-She is rescued on the back of a turtle who allows her to rest on his back
-A muskrat lays down his life by getting mud. Thuis mud is spreat across the turtles back and creates land
-Sky woman gives birth to a daughter who perished giving birth to twins
What is the Twin Tale?
-Sky woman gives birth to twins, they represent dual force in the world.
-The good mind (Skyholder), and the bad mind (Flint)
-The twins are in constant conflict, which symbolizes the balance of opposing forces in the universe
-ultimately the good mind prevails but the bad mind remains a nessicary precense to maintain balance
What is the Creator Game?
It is Lacrosse
-A gift from the creator to the twins
-played as a way to resolve conflicts
-Seens s a spiritual practice, with the game serving as a way to connect with the creator
What are the Three sisters?
Narrative describes the symbolic relationship between corn, beans, and squash
-these plants sustain the people
-symbolize cooperaation and balance
Who is the Peacemaker? (The Great Law of Peace)
-Known as Hiawatha. Credited for establishing the Great Law of peace.
The Peacemaker was born to a virgin mother
-prophecty from the grandmother about a son coming to save the people.
-Traveled in a white stone canoe, he went south to share the message of peace top people who were consumed with blood feauds in a stone canoe.
-The fove nations threw their weapons into a Great white pine to symbolize their commitment to peace. This is symbolized by the wampum belt
What are Mourning wars?
-Cynlical practice of capturing and torturing prisoners as a result of loss due to war or plague
-They would replace dead tribe members
What are condolence ceremonies?
A procesds of dealing with grief due to loss (death). It replaced the seasonal mourning wars
What is adoption?
Adopting new people into the tribe to replace lost members
What are the steps of a condolence ceremony?
- Opeing and gathering
- Use of Wampum
- The three sisters
-Wiping away of tears
-opening of ears
-clearing of throat - Sharing of final words
- If necessary, instalation of new chief
- Closing
What is the good message of Handsome Lake?
handsome Lake was struggling with a near death experience, where he was visited by four beings in visions.
he has a miraculous recovery and begins to share his visions
he was shown the destruction of teh Haudensaunee and how this destruction can be held at bay
He ,mainly challenged traditional farming methods. men should cultivate crops.
Who was John Norton?
he was Haudensaunee adopted twice
he served as a military leader. This lead hgim to travel to England in 1816, where he sought to appeal directly to the British Gov. regarding Haudensaunee land rights.
He also was Christian, and translated the Gosple of John into Mohawk (The first Indigenous Bible translation)
