| A | B |
|---|
| sachem | lord, chief |
| Grand Council | composed of 50 sachems, principal law making body |
| Iroquois Constitution | The Great Law |
| Fire Keepers | Onondaga |
| Tadadaho | head sachem of the council |
| War chiefs | lead in time of war and act as liasons |
| Pine Tree chiefs | selected on basis of trustworthiness, honesty |
| moieties | subdivisions |
| Older Brothers | Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca |
| Younger Brothers | Oneida, Cayuga |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer |
| seat of confederacy | Onondaga territory |
| heart of Iroquois | gratitude and respect for the earth |
| Condolence Council | special ceremony to comfort the lords and to appoint successor |
| wampum belts | patterns of beads formed a record of Iroquois governmental tradition |
| antlers | symbolized lordship |
| circlet of League wampum | circle with 50 strands pointing inward |
| What did the chiefs do with the weapons | buried them under the Tree of Great Long Leaves |
| Hiawatha Belt | celebrates the formation of the league |
| Fathers of the Great Peace | Hiawatha and Deganawida |
