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Called the Iroquois Confederacy by the French, and the League of Five Nations by the English, the confederacy is properly called the Haudenosaunee Confederacy meaning People of the long house. The confederacy was founded by the prophet known as the Peacemaker with the help of Aionwatha, more commonly known as Hiawatha. The exact date of the joining of the nations is unknown and said to be time immemorial making it one of the first and longest lasting participatory democracies in the world.

The confederacy, made up of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas was intended as a way to unite the nations and create a peaceful means of decision making. Through the confederacy, each of the nations of the Haudenosaunee are united by a common goal to live in harmony. Each nation maintains it own council with Chiefs chosen by the Clan Mother and deals with its own internal affairs but allows the Grand Council to deal with issues affecting the nations within the confederacy.

The Haudenosaunee symbol of the long house, provided by the Peacemaker, is recognized in traditional geographic locations. Upon confederation each nation took on a role within the metaphorical longhouse with the Onondaga being the Keepers of the Fire. The Mohawk, Seneca and Onondaga acted as the Elder Brothers of the confederacy while the Cayuga and Oneida were the Younger Brothers within Grand Council. The main meeting place was and still exists today on Onondaga territory.

the Haudenosaunee Confederacy’s constitution is believed to be the oldest, participatory democracy on Earth. What makes it stand out as unique to other systems around the world is its blending of law and values. For the Haudenosaunee, law, society and nature are equal partners and each plays an important role.

Haudenosaunee’s Legendary Founding

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

the ideal beachbod is the one that actually gets to the beach! meow-bounce

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

First new Futurama was pretty funny.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

baldurs gate 3 is very dense. i'm not sure if it's better than wrath of the righteous (you can become a devouring swarm/demon/lich in that game) but it's fun as hell so far. a bit weird to get used to the dialog trees as they don't have the typical structure i'm used to (disco elysium is a good example of the what i'm used to) these are more 1 and done which makes sense for checks but not for "hi why are you angry?" or learning more about the world.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

@[email protected] now is a good time to post your Hexbear as a 90s sitcom intro to introduce the new libs to Hexbear

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Save the whales

ohh funky mama save the whales

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shoot the seals

cause the seals eat all the fish

and if you think I'm funky for wanting to shoot all the seals

save your breath

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I feel like I've missed out on some sort of drama, like I always do. Is this memes lemmy instance really showing posts by default? Because I'm not seeing them, but maybe that's a good thing.

NVM. I see that there are now options for showing local and all posts. Time to submit myself to some torture. Also time is completely off. Most posts are showing as having been made 15+ hours ago.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Becoming an anti-China Maoist after seeing state media erroneously claim for the umpteenth time that China has developed the world's fastest train.

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I'm so glad my DnD group is based. We captured a villain who's been doing a terrorism because she's an oppressed minority in the setting and our whole group out of character (DM included) starts joking that she should just vote and stuff

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Why is this thread not featured in the Subscribed view? It is in the Local view.

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Played Baldur's Gate, then went to my irl DnD session, then went back to Baldur's Gate yesterday.

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