Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Great Law of the Iroquois NULL

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

"In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."