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Great Peacemaker
The Great Peacemaker, Deganawida, is the founder of the Iroquois Confederacy in Haudenosaunee tradition. Said to have been born among the Huron, he brought a message of peace to the warring Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca and, with his spokesman Hiawatha, persuaded them to accept the Great Law of Peace. His dating is uncertain, with estimates ranging from the 12th to the 16th century.
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