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(singing in native language)

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NARRATOR: The story recorded
in this belt

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tells of a warrior
named Hiawatha,

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who meets a prophet
known as the Peacemaker.

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(singing continues)

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MAN (speaking native language):

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(fires crackling)

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(waves lapping)

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G. PETER JEMISON: The story goes
that he came up with a way

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of helping a person who was in
grief by using this wampum

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to clear their eyes, open their
ears, clear their throat

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so they could speak clearly.

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(singing continues)

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NARRATOR: Using the purity
of shells

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to bring a person to a clear
state of mind

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is called
the Condolence Ceremony.

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It was invented by Hiawatha,

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and the Haudenosaunee
still practice it today.

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MAN (speaking native language):

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(men fighting)

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TOM PORTER: He was a sorcerer.

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He had supernatural powers.

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He could communicate with the
birds and rattlesnakes

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and wolves in the animal world,

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and they would help him.

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He was a mean, mean man--
his name was Tadodaho.

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NARRATOR: To convince Tadodaho
to join the new confederacy,

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Hiawatha and the Peacemaker seek
a powerful ally.

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A woman named Jigonsaseh.

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VIRGINIA L. ABRAMS: Jigonsaseh
was the first clan mother.

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She helped bring peace to the
Iroquois, to the Haudenosaunee.

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NARRATOR: The Peacemaker strikes
a deal with her.

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If she can stop the war,
she can choose the chiefs.

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(flames crackling)

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MAN (speaking native language):

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NARRATOR: Jigonsaseh transforms
Tadodaho's mind,

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and he abandons war.

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With the final obstacle
overcome,

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the Peacemaker assembles
representatives of each nation.

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MAN (speaking native language):

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NARRATOR: Under a total eclipse
of the sun,

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the Peacemaker holds
the newly woven Hiawatha belt,

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and with the nations gathered
beneath the tree of peace,

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he speaks the law of peace
for the first time.

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MAN (speaking native language):

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