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The Great Law of the Rotinonsionni (Iroquois Confederacy). It is the great message of peace, power and righteousness brought to the people by Tekanawita, "the Peacemaker," with the help of Haionwatha. It established the Confederacy and its traditions, ending a period of chronic fighting among the Rotinonsionni (Iroquois). It provided for a political, social and spiritual framework along with the rights and duties of the chiefs, clans, and nations. The longest version in written form was dictated in Onondaga by John A. Gibson, and finally translated and published in parallel Onondaga and English in 1992.

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