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are not quenched. The Lords of each nation in future shall settle 

 their nation's affairs at this council fire governed always by the 

 laws and rules of the council of the Confederacy and by the Great 

 Peace. (VII-90, EUC). 



98 If either a nephew or a niece see an irregularity in the per- 

 formance of the functions of the Great Peace and its laws, in the 

 Confederate Council or in the conferring of Lordship titles in an 

 improper way, through their War Chief they may demand that 

 such actions become subject to correction and that the matter con- 

 form to the ways prescribed by the laws of the Great Peace. 

 (LXVII-67, TLL). 



Religi'ous ceremonies protected 



99 The rites and festivals of each nation shall remain undis- 

 turbed and shall continue as before because they were given by 

 the people of old times as useful and necessary for the good of 

 men. (XVI-99, EUC). 



100 It shall be the duty of the Lords of each brotherhood to con- 

 fer at the approach of the time of the Midwinter Thanksgiving and 

 to notify their people of the approaching festival. They shall hold 

 a council over the matter and arrange its details and begin the 

 Thanksgiving five days after the moon of DisJ<o-nah-is new. The 

 people shall assemble at the appointed place and the nephews shall 

 notify the people of the time and the place. From the beginning 

 to the end th^ Lords shall preside over the Thanksgiving and 

 address the people from time to time. (XVII-ioo, EUC). 



loi It shall be the duty of the appointed managers of the Thanks- 

 giving festivals to do all that is needful for carrying out the duties 

 of the occasions. 



The recognized festivals of Thanksgiving shall be the Midwinter 

 Thanksgiving, the Maple or Sugar-making Thanksgiving, the 

 Raspberry Thanksgiving, the Strawberry Thanksgiving, the Corn- 

 planting Thanksgiving, the Corn Hoeing Thanksgiving, the Little 

 Festival of Green Corn, the Great Festival of Ripe Corn and the 

 complete Thanksgiving for the Harvest. 



Each nation's festivals shall be held in their Long Houses. 

 (XVIII-ioi, EUC). 



102 When the Thanksgiving for the Green Corn comes the 

 special managers, both the men and women, shall give it careful 

 attention and do their duties properly. (XIX-102, EUC). 



