1776

Read the excerpt from the Iroquois Constitution. There are now the Five Nations Confederate Lords standing with joined hands in a circle. This signifies and provides that should any one of the Confederate Lords leave the council and this Confederacy his

a disgraced Lord’s crown and birthright will remain a part of the Five Nations, even if the Lord leaves. a disgraced Lord will be stuck in the Confederacy and will not be allowed to leave. a disgraced Lord may accidentally leave his crown in the arms of the other Lords as he leaves. a disgraced Lord must fight the other Lords in order to take his crown and title with him when he leaves.

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"He forfeits his title and the crown falls from his brow but it shall remain in the Confederacy."

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Documents of Indigenous Political Development: 1500s to 1933