Inquiry

How did the Peacemaker influence the Iroquois Confederacy?


You will need a few days of inquiry to answer this question.

Consider the following questions during your inquiry:

  1. What was occurring among the Iroquois nations at the time of the Peacemaker?

  2. Who was the Peacemaker?

  3. What were his values and principles?

  4. What did he do to form the Confederacy?

  5. What was the law called that described the principles in which the people believed?

  6. What was the Tree of Peace?

Resources for Inquiry


  1. Textbook
      • Read pages 76 and 77, and page 83.

  2. Library Books

    Look for information about Peacemaker, Great Law of Peace, social and political structure, Great Tree of Peace, Hayenwatha, and Hiawatha.

      • People of the Longhouse

      • Peacewalker: The Legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita

      • Native American Histories: The Iroquois

      • The North American Indians:The Iroquois

      • Native American Confederacies

      • The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

  3. Websites

Please note: The Hiawatha (Haynewatha/Ayonwatha) you will read about is not the same person as the Hiawatha in a poem by H.W. Longfellow that you may have heard.

Notebook


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When you feel confident about the information you explored in this inquiry, complete the Lesson 1 Self-Check on the following page.