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Glossary of Key Terms

●        Ohen:ton Karihwatehkwen: The Words That Come Before All Else

●        Haudenosaunee: People of the Longhouse (the name the Confederacy calls itself)

●        Great Law of Peace: The constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy

●        Kahnyen'kehaka: Mohawk Nation (or similar terms for all Six Nations)

●        Onyota'a:ka: Oneida Nation

●        Onoda’gega: Onondaga Nation

●        Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ: Cayuga Nation

●        Onöndowa'ga:' Seneca Nation

●        Skarureh: Tuscarora Nation