CD-ROM Map - Birth of the Great Law

This section gives a brief account of how the Iroquois, the Haudenosaunee or People of the Longhouse, were brought out of the troubled times which had taken over their lives. It tells how the Creator sent his messenger the Peacemaker, to the warring Iroquois Nations to deliver a message of peace. This message of peace would end the wars and join the five warring nations into one confederacy. Peace came to the Iroquois people through acceptance of the Peacemaker’s message of peace, power and righteousness. The Peacemaker then established the Great Law of Peace. The Great Law would be the constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy. To this day the Haudenosaunee govern themselves according to the Great Law of Peace.

The icons on the bottom of the screen will assist in navigating this section. Stix, the help buddy, will explain the functions on the screen.

You will have the option to read the text at your own speed or to have it read to you. Just click on the sound button (horn). The arrows will advance you page by page back and forth through screens.

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The story is told using hypertext. This screen shows an example of how the hypertext works. Here the words symbolic longhouse are highlighted, and underlined.

Click on these words or phrases and additional information will be provided along with further text, pictures, illustrations or video clips.