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Day 4

Item number (ISN):

564629

Series title:

The Great Law recited by Chief Jake Thomas

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1992-09-22

Item number (ISN):

564629

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Accession:

2014-01874-X

Media:

Video

Part:

5 of 5

Production date:

1992-09-22

Production company:

Rooney Productions

Production credit:

director/producer, Robert Rooney; producer, Brenda Rooney; photography, Marc Champion; Jeff Dell; Chris Nadon

Cast credit:

Jake Thomas

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

The Iroquoian Institute

Description:

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JT relates fear of learning and performing Great Law when he was younger; performs greeting; comments on greater number of people coming to reciting; relates difficulties of not judging others; tells that Great Law informs us how we should conduct ourselves.Details about different clans; comments about elevation of chiefs from Mohawk and Oneida nations; ready for the Cayuga nation to accept the message officially; the power is growing because the nations are together of one mind; Great Pipe People, Canoe People; Mucky Lake people; JT tells of peace tour he and other took, discussing some territorial areas; returns to Great Law topic, role of Cayuga will be that of fire keepers; some discussion of various meanings of words and changing of nation holding role of fire keeper; reiterates concept of the good mind and unanimous decision.~Prediction by Handsome Lake that there will be arguing in council; there will be violence in families, comments about use of alcohol and the damaging effects; not to use alcohol when going to the longhouse; mis-use of Great Law in terms of chief and clan mothers; comments on concepts of GL used in US constitution except reverence given to women; discusses having oral tradition vs. European written tradition; relates tradition that woman who came from sky world who blessed the dirt which became mother earth; mankind made from clay of mother earth; the Great Law is a call to better yourself every day; talks about clans and nations, hill people, flint people, etc.~Relates tradition of woman who came from sky world who blessed the dirt which became mother earth; mankind made from clay of mother earth; the GL is a call to better yourself every day; talks about clans and nations, hill people, flint people, etc.; naming protocols in Native culture; care that must be taken when using plants for medicine; describes problem with the Seneca nation not being ready to meet; Peacemaker names a leader Scanadario, and his assistant Skatagarunus, Seneca are now the 4th nation; the man (Great Wizard, evil chief) hollers; the PM and the four nations go to him; they meet the woman, Cheegoomsasay who is to be present at the gathering she is to put the antlers on the elevated lords. Comments on oral presentation; first unanimous decision made and explanations of who starts the process and how unanimous decision is to be made (across the fire) Mohawks to Senecas; Senecas to Mohawks who take it to Cayugas, who pass it to Oneidas, back to Cayugas and then across fire to the Mohawks again.~The 5 nations go to the crooked man/Great Wizard and offer to make the GW the principal chief responsible to look after the great tree of peace; the mother of all nations works on the Great Wizard, the Peacemaker straightens his crooked body, and the mother of all nations is told by the Peacemaker to pick up the antler horns and crown the Great Wizard who has accepted the Great Law of Peace. Q&A session at the end of the day’s presentation (he is alone to answer). <302mn 8s>

Language:

English / Cayuga / ?

Notes:

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1. Descriptions are taken from the transcripts.~2. JT refers to Chief Jake Thomas.~3. PM refers to Peacemaker.~4. GL refers to the Great Law.~5. GW refers to Great Wizard; also known as Great War chief.~6. DNRORG taken from the label. PGM is supposed to mean "program". It is possible that this editing was produced live during the recitation, using feed from the 3 cameras.~7. Tape 1 runs for 47mn 35s, tape 2 runs for 63mn 37s, tape 3 runs for 63mn 38s, tape 4 runs for 63mn 37s, and tape 5 runs for 63mn 41s.~8. Second item on tape 1.~9. Although this is identified as Reel 15, it is in fact the 14th tape of 39. It had been mis-numbered.~10. From 35th minute to the end of tape 2, no image, only sound and colour bars.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

924885

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

42822AV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

924886

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

42823AV
42824AV
42825AV
42826AV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

925938

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

564629-001.MXF
564629-002.MXF
564629-003.MXF
564629-004.MXF
564629-005.MXF

Number of items:

5

Made from:

42822AV
42823AV
42824AV
42825AV
42826AV

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

925939

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

564629-001.MP4
564629-002.MP4
564629-003.MP4
564629-004.MP4
564629-005.MP4

Number of items:

5

Made from:

42822AV
42823AV
42824AV
42825AV
42826AV

Status:

REF
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