1. a. the five nations confederate lords
b. The meeting of The Tree of Great Long Leaves, which underneath is the shade of Great Peace, is the meeting place for different nations trying to form a confederacy. The purpose of the meeting was to initiate new members, bring up current events, and create an alliance by planting the tree. Oratory skills were prized because there was little writing to persuade people, so if you needed your people to do something, you better be a good speaker. Also, you have to be able to speak with little to no emotion.
2. a. He was speaking to Adodarhoh and his cousins. Adodarhoh is the chief of Onondaga where they are planting the tree.
b. Dekanawidah refers to the assembly lords as cousins because they want to unite together for common purposes, even though they are not family.
3. a. By furnishing a wampum, which constitutes the evidence of his pledge to the confederate lords, he will then have to live according to the constitution of the Great Peace and exercise justice in all affairs.
b. A leader should have peace, good will, and their mind filled with a yearning for the welfare of the people of the confederacy. They should also have patience, and thick skin to say that they have proof against anger. With making laws, they have to have no self-interest, and decision making had to influence not only the present but the future too. They have to rid themselves of anger and fury.
4. a. The constitution incorporates nature by using The Tree of Great Long Leaves, which underneath is the shade of Great Peace. They talk about the roots that have spread out from the tree named the Great White Roots with the nature of peace and strength. A man will be welcome to take shelter beneath the Tree of the Long Leaves if he can trace the roots to the tree and prove that his mind is clean, he’s obedient, and will promise to obey the wishes of the confederate council.
b. It shows that they think that nature is pure and innocent, and if a man can prove that he is, he’ll be welcome in the council.
5. a. The Iroquois Constitution, at the time, was appropriate. You have to prove you’re strong enough to lead the people and be apart of a council. Helping the people would have to be completely out of self-interest, and keeping yourself calm through everyones different ideas and aspects of a situation was a must.
5. b. Rori's Tribe Rules:
The rules are rather simple. This is not a democracy, but a loving dictatorship on my part. To keep peace, just listen to me, bring me food, and i expect a foot rub every two hours. Don't worry about making money, the currency of our tribe is food, just don't go near mine. For entertainment purposes I allow people to fight as long as I'm around. No one likes dumb people, so if you are one, you must go to school, otherwise don't worry about it.
Easy "A"
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