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matter shall be brought to the attention of the Lords for confirma- 

 tion and the Lords must confirm the adoption. (XXII-105, EUC). 



70 When the adoption of anyone shall have been confirmed by 

 the Lords of the Nation, the Lords shall address the people of their 

 nation and say : " Now you of our nation, be informed that such a 

 person, such a family or such families have ceased forever to bear 

 their birth nation's name and have buried it in the depths of the 

 earth. Henceforth let no one of our nation ever mention the 

 original name or nation of their birth. To do so will be to hasten 

 the end of our peace. (XXIII-106, EUC). 



Laws of emigration 



71 When any person or family belonging to the Five Nations 

 desires to abandon their birth nation and the territory of the Five 

 Nations, they shall inform the Lords of their nation and the Con- 

 federate Council of the Five Nations shall take cognizance of it. 

 (XXXIX-39, TLL). 



72 When any person or any of the people of the Five Nations 

 emigrate and reside in a region distant from the territory of the 

 Five Nations Confederacy, the Lords of the Five Nations at will 

 may send a messenger carrying a broad belt of black shells and 

 when the messenger arrives he shall call the people together or 

 address them personally displaying the belt of shells and they shall 

 know that this is an order for them to return to their original 

 homes and to their council fires. (XL-40, TLL). 



Rights of foreign nations 



73 The soil of the earth from one end of the land to the other 

 is the property of the people who inhabit it. By birthright the 

 Ongwehonweh (Original beings) are the owners of the soil which 

 they own and occupy and none other may hold it. The same law has 

 been held from the oldest times. 



The Great Creator has made us of the one blood and of the same 

 soil he made us and as only different tongues constitute different 

 nations he established different hunting grounds and territories and 

 made boundary lines between them. (LXIX-69, TLL). 



74 When any alien nation or individual is admitted into the Five 

 Nations the admission shall be understood only to be a temporary 

 one. Should the person or nation create loss, do wrong or cause 

 suffering of any kind to endanger the peace of the Confederacy, 



