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Kaianere’kó:wa

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Mohawk

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Kaianere’kó:wa

  1. Great Law of Peace
    • 1976, Josephine Horne, “Tharonhiawa:kon [The Holder of the Heavens]”, in Kanien’kéha Okara’shón:’a [Mohawk Stories], page 93:
      Wahní:ron’, tsi nikarì:wes enkahwatsiratátie’ tánon’ entkarahkwinekénhseke’, óhente’ entkahnióseke’ tánon’ ohné:kanos kón:ne’s é’ thó nikarì:wes enkatátie’ ne Kaianere’kó:wa
      They said as long as the generations come, the sun rises, grass grows, and rivers flow, the League of Peace will stand