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16 Cards in this Set
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Consensus
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Agreement by everyone
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Council of Elders
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Groups of respected people that chose ans advised Mi' kmaq leaders.
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Grand Council
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Decisions of the confederacy were made by a council of fifty chiefs.These chiefs were the Hoyaneh.Haudenosaunee leaders were men, but the clan mothers chose them and advised them.
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Great law of peace
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The constitution of the haudenousounee confederacy
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Protocols
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Formal rules
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Talking Circle
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A method used by a group to discuss a topic in an egalitarian and non- confrontational manner.The group members sit in a circle and make comment on the topic of the discussion following a small number of rules
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Hunting grounds
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A region for hunting. The Mi’kmaq used the land differently from season to season.
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Saqmaw
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A leader in the Mi’kmaq society
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Kespkwitk
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One of the seven districts of the Mi’kmaq nation
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Dodem
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A clan of the Anishnabe
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Ogimauh
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A leader of the Anishnabe
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Wampum belt
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Shell beads woven into belts or strings used to record treties and other agreements among differnt nations
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Clan mothers
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female leaders in haudenousaunee society
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Hoyaneh
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a haudenousaunee leader
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Allience
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an agreement among a group of nations to act together to support each others interests
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Tenet
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a basic principle held in common by a group
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