"Thanks to the Maple" is from American anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan\'s important 1851 work League of the Iroquois --in which he wrote of the complexity of Iroquois society.
According to Morgan, it was a festive day, "awakening the ea.
This significant annual ritual celebrated the rising of the sap in Maple trees, and included speeches, dancing, games, and a great feast. "Thanks to the Maple" describes in great detail the Iroquois first festival of spring, also called the Maple Dance. "Thanks to the Maple" is from American anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan\'s important 1851 work League of the Iroquois --in which he wrote of the complexity of Iroquois society