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Article: Iroquois Confederacy re-unification begun.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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AKWESASNE
When Brian Skidders was condoled as a Mohawk chief in Akwesasne's longhouse on May 7, Iroquois Conferacy (Haudenosaunee) supporters saw it as a stride towards the much-hoped-for restoration of their traditional system of government.
More than 1,000 people attended the condolence (a word for the ceremony by which a traditional chief is formally welcomed to the Confederacy council) although only half of them could find a seat inside the longhouse. Kenneth Deer, the publisher of Kahnawake's weekly newspaper, The Eastern Door, was one of the people in attendance. Deer said the occasion was an emotional one for many in attendance.
"I ...