The Iroquois Constitution .. Page 90 1-5 .. September 1st

1a.  Dekanawidah planted the Tree of the Great Peace with the Five Nations confederate lords.
2a. Dekenawidah is speaking to Abodarhoh, the confederate lord of Onondaga. In Onondaga the council fire was lit.
3a. A Candidate lord shows his pledge to the council by furnishing four strings of shells or wampum one span in length bound together at one end. It shows that he agrees with the pledge that he will live according to the constitution of the Great Peace and exercise justice in all affairs. After that a speaker shall say: “Now behold him. He has now become a confederate lord. See how splendid he looks.”

1b.I think they meet because they’ve planted the Tree of the Great Peace and  they need to talk about all the rules they have to know and about how they must live under the Tree. The lords had to have good oratory skills because if they were talking about something and no one would understand what they are talking about, no one would believe it, so it was kind of important.

2b. Dekanawidah doesn't really mean real cousins, so they are not really related. When he speaks of 'Cousin Lords' he means that all the lords have a close relationship and they help each other with problems.

3b. A leader should be proof against anger, offensive actions and criticism. His heart should be filled with peace and good will and his mind should be filled with a yearning for the welfare of the people of the confederacy. On the other hand a leader should not dwell in fury but he shall be calm and even-tempured. Moreover he should not be selfish, but act for society.

4a. Every time a council is hold, the Onondaga lord shall open it by thanking earth for living there, for having water as in pools and lakes, for having oxygen and food as trees and animals and to get clothes from them. Additionally they shall thank for the wind, the moon, the sun, mighty warrior and for God.

4b. The relationship of the Native Americans to the nature shows, that they don’t misuse what nature gave them. They don’t take it away without thanking for it and they don’t hurt it without any reason.

5a. I think there are a lot of points that have similarities to a government, such as elect lords, so they have some kind of democracy in it. Moreover all the people under the Tree of the Great Peace shall use their skills for good things, not for harm. They shall not be self-interested, but they shall make laws and act for the society. So I think there are a lot of aspects that equal a government.

5b. I would use a lot of  laws and aspects from this constitution, because their actions and thoughts are based on peace, freedom, not to hurt nature and a simple way of democracy. If I had the chance to create an own government it should be build on a ground of peace and everybody should help eachother. There should be a leader but he or she shouldnt have so many rights. Just at the beginning to keep all the things working that they have to do. After a while the leader should lose a few of his or her rights because everytime there is somebody who has more rights than other people there are people who start hating and that leads to war. But there should be some kind of meetings to get things into a right order and to talk about stuff that you have to talk about.