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What is the Haudenosaunee World View?
What are the important events in Haudenosaunee History?
History began before the arrival of Columbus. The Haudenosaunee version of history is based upon the documented references left through the wampum belts as well as oral history and family stories that have been passed on from generation to generation. There are six great epochs of Haudenosaunee history:
The Time of Creation - This era defined the relationship of humans to the universe, the celestial bodies and to the Mother Earth.
The Original Instructions - This era defined the relationship of the people to the Creator and gave them ways to express their thankfulness for the gifts of Creation.
The Great Law of Peace - This era defined the relationships between humans at assure good mindedness will bring about peace, power and righteousness.
The Guswhenta - This era defined the relationship of the Haudenosaunee to the Euro-Americans beginning with the Two Row Wampum and the birth of the Covenant Chain of Peace.
The Great Whirlwind - This era defined the relationship of the Haudenosaunee to the United States and Canada through international treaties of peace and friendship.
The Gaiwiio - This era defined our social and cultural relationship with Western culture as prophesied by Handsome Lake.