The Haudenosaunee (aka The Iroquois) Sky Woman to The Great Law of Peace
Maple History: A Canadian History PodcastShow Notes
An exploration of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy including a close look at the Sky Woman story and The Great Law of Peace.
Sources:
Johansen, Bruce Elliott, and Barbara Alice Mann, editors. Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Greenwood Press, 2000
Mann, Barbara A. and Jerry L. Fields. 1997. “A Sign in the Sky: Dating the League of the Haudenosaunee.” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 21 (2): 93-132. The Children of Aateantsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660 by Bruce Trigger Natives and Newcomers: Canada's "Heroic Age" Reconsidered by Bruce Trigger The Edge of the Woods: Iroquoia 1534-1701 by Jon Parmenter
The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization by Daniel K. Richter
The Great Law and the Longhouse: A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy by William N. Fenton
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