Kaianereʼkó꞉wa

Mohawk

Proper noun

Kaianere’kó꞉wa

  1. Great Law of Peace, the oral constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy.
    • 1976, Josephine Horne, “Tharonhiawa꞉kon [The Holder of the Heavens]”, in Kanien’kéha Okara’shón꞉’a [Mohawk Stories], page 93:
      Wahní꞉ron’, tsi nikarì꞉wes enkahwatsiratátie’ tánon’ entkarahkwinekénhseke’, óhente’ entkahnióseke’ tánon’ ohné꞉kanos kón꞉ne’s é’ thó nikarì꞉wes enkatátie’ ne Kaianere’kó꞉wa
      They said as long as the generations come, the sun rises, grass grows, and rivers flow, the League of Peace will stand
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