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The Great Peacemaker
The Great Peacemaker, sometimes referred to as Deganawida or Dekanawida (note that as a mark of respect, some Iroquois avoid using the personal name except i...
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Comment by Tony Nuspl on February 5, 2012 at 10:40am
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Oren Lyons, of the Onandaga Nation (part of the Iroquois Confederacy, or Haudenosaunee) explains:
"Way back, the Peacemaker says to us, when you sit and you consult for the welfare of the people, you think not of yourself, nor of your family, nor even your generation. He's talking to the leaders. Make your decision on behalf of the seventh generation coming so that they may enjoy what you have. Now, that's an instruction on responsibility, far-seeing responsibility. And there was no such thing as a 20-year generation back in those days. He's talking the full lifetime of a human being. Seven generations.The responsibility of leadership is to look that far ahead, and in the course of that and by doing that, you yourself will have peace. You yourself will enjoy, because that's what comes with it."
from an interview he did in 2007
http://www.onondaganation.org/news/2008/2008_021108.html
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