Several centuries ago, the five nations that would become the Haudenosaunee -- Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca -- were locked in generations-long cycles of bloodshed.
This law remains in place today in Haudenosaunee communities: an Indigenous legal system, distinctive, complex,.
When they established Kayanerenk wa, the Great Law of Peace, they not only resolved intractable coinflicts, but also shaped a system of law and government that would maintain Peace for generations to come.
Several centuries ago, the five nations that would become the Haudenosaunee -- Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca -- were locked in generations-long cycles of bloodshed