CARD 10 - Constitutional Influences I
THE CONSTITUTION of the IROQUOIS NATIONS
(As best it can be reconstructed from legend and spoken history)
The agreement between the 5 (a sixth later joined) nations of the Iroquois Confederacy established:
- Rights, Duties and Qualifications of Lords
- Election of Pine Tree Chiefs
- Names, Duties and Rights of War Chiefs
- Clans and Consanguinity
- Official Symbolism
- Laws of Adoption
- Laws of Emigration
- Rights of Foreign Nations
- Rights and Powers of War
- Treason or Secession of a Nation
- Rights of the People of the Five Nations
- Religious Ceremonies Protected
- The Installation Song
- Protection of the House
- Funeral Addresses
