Great Law of Peace

E221923

The Great Law of Peace is the oral constitution and political-philosophical framework that established and guided the governance, diplomacy, and social order of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational text of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
oral constitution ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
appliesTo Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
associatedWith Tree of Peace ⓘ
wampum belts ⓘ
continuesInForce as a living constitutional tradition among the Haudenosaunee ⓘ
defines laws of adoption and naturalization of other groups ⓘ
procedures for deposing chiefs ⓘ
procedures for selecting chiefs ⓘ
protocols for inter‑nation councils ⓘ
roles of chiefs (rotiyaneson / hoyaneh) ⓘ
roles of clan mothers ⓘ
structure of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
emphasizes peace ⓘ
power through unity ⓘ
righteousness and justice ⓘ
governs decision‑making processes of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
procedures of the Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee ⓘ
relations among member nations of the Haudenosaunee ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance core element of Haudenosaunee identity ⓘ
source of Haudenosaunee diplomatic protocols ⓘ
hasFeature collective leadership ⓘ
consensus‑based decision making ⓘ
division of responsibilities among clans and nations ⓘ
principles of balance and reciprocity ⓘ
rules for condolence and peacemaking ⓘ
symbolism of the Tree of Peace ⓘ
hasLanguage Haudenosaunee oral tradition ⓘ
hasMedium oral tradition ⓘ
hasRole framework for diplomacy ⓘ
framework for governance ⓘ
framework for social order ⓘ
hasSubject intergenerational responsibility ⓘ
limits on the exercise of authority ⓘ
peaceful resolution of conflict ⓘ
responsibilities of leaders to the people ⓘ
influenced later discussions of democratic governance ⓘ
political thought about federalism in North America ⓘ
originatedIn pre‑colonial North America ⓘ
originatedWith Haudenosaunee peoples ⓘ
linked to: Haudenosaunee

Iroquois nations ⓘ
linked to: Haudenosaunee
recognizedBy Haudenosaunee communities as their constitutional foundation ⓘ
traditionalAttributionTo Hiawatha ⓘ
Peacemaker (Deganawida) ⓘ
uses wampum belts as mnemonic records ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iroquois Confederacy → foundingTradition → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy → legalCode → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Haudenosaunee → governedBy → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Council of Chiefs (Mohawk) → associatedWith → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
subject linked to: council of chiefs
Onondaga → governedBy → Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace ⓘ
linked to: Great Law of Peace
Hiawatha → relatedConcept → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Five Nations → followsLaw → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Six Nations → followsConstitution → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
The Great Peacemaker → associatedWith → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Tree of Peace → associatedWith → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Tree of Peace → relatedConcept → Great Law of Peace wampum ⓘ
linked to: Great Law of Peace
Onondaga nation → uses → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
People of the Longhouse → governedBy → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
The Peacemaker → associatedWith → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Ganienkeh Mohawk community leadership → appliesPrinciplesOf → Kaianere’kó:wa (Great Law of Peace) ⓘ
linked to: Great Law of Peace
Mohawk First Nation community → governanceBasedOn → Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace ⓘ
linked to: Great Law of Peace
Onöñda’gega’ → associatedWith → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Onondaga Nation central council fire → follows → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Peacemaker (Deganawida) → associatedWith → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Keepers of the Central Fire → relatedConcept → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Six Nations Confederacy Council → basedOn → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Six Nations Confederacy Council → follows → Great Law of Peace ⓘ
Six Nations Confederacy Council → typeOfLawApplied → Great Law of Peace oral constitution ⓘ
linked to: Great Law of Peace
Onödowáʼga:' → hasOralTradition → Great Law of Peace narratives ⓘ
linked to: Great Law of Peace