This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Gayanashagowa or the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois (or Haudenosaunee) Six Nations (Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, the Seneca and Tuscarora) is the oral constitution whereby the Iroquois Confederacy was bound together, directed chiefs to make decisions considering the impact to the 7th generation