Iroquois Constitution Questions

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Directions

Using the website link to the Iroquois Constitution, answer the following questions. A "reference number" has been given to help you locate the section of the constitution that the answer is in. Answer on your own paper or printo out this page. Also, answer in complete sentences and cursive unless told otherwise.

 

1) Name five of the original Iroquois clans. (42)

 

2) What is the role of women in the five nations? (44)

 

3) When are infants named? (46)

 

4) Who and how are the Lords of the Clan chosen? (54)

 

5) Explain in your own words the symbol which represents the strength of the five nations?

 

6) Read all of Section 59 carefully. Describe what happens to a chief (lord) goes against the tribe?

 

7) What happens wheen someone is adopted into the five nations? (69 and 70)