The Lore of the Longhouse: Myth, Ritual and Red Power

The Deganawidah epic, the origin myth of the Iroquois Confederacy, represents the symbolic justification for the traditional system of life chiefs on the Six Nations Reserve at Brantford, Ontario. Although versions are extant today in truncated form, two long texts in Onondaga were collected by J. N...

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Published in:	Anthropological quarterly Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 131 - 147
Main Author:	Fenton, William N.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington Catholic University of America Press 01-07-1975 Catholic University of America Press, etc
Subjects:	Ceremonies Confederation Descendants Ethnology Kinship Longhouses Myth/Myths/Mythic/Mythical/ Mythification (see also Mythology) Myths Peacetime Society, The, of Symbol/Symbols/Symbology/ Symbolism/ Symbolic/ Symbolization Symbolism Treaty lands
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