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Numéro d'article (ISN) :

564637

Titre de la série :

The Great Law recited by Chief Jake Thomas

Niveau hiérarchique :

Pièce (Niveau acquisition)

Date :

1992-09-19

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

564637

Genre de documents :

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No d'acquisition :

2014-01874-X

Support :

Vidéo

Partie :

5 of 5

Date de production :

1992-09-19

Compagnie de production :

Rooney Productions

Générique (équipe de production) :

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

Générique (acteurs) :

Jake Thomas

Pays de production :

cn

Commanditaire :

The Iroquoian Institute

Description :

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Opening remarks by Chief Jake Thomas about the languages he will be using, the difficulty in translating; describes how the reciting will be conducted; relates the importance of teaching other speakers; Opening ceremony conducted by Ken Maracle in Native language; JT gives translation of opening ceremony: sadness if there has been a death; mention the earth, that the Creator gives everything for survival: food, medicine; animals; thanksgiving for rain, sun, wind, thunder; give thanks for everything in the natural world; give thanks for those who brought the Great Law to the people; gives overview of the Great Law; relates reasons that people should know the Great Law, to know their rights; begins oration of the Great Law.~Relates warring between nations made the Creator sad; tells of woman who took her daughter to live in seclusion for safety; the daughter grew up and gave birth to a son; the grandmother tried unsuccessfully three times to kill the child but realized child had great power; a man comes to visit her in a dream telling of the boy's role and that he is to be called “Degonawidha”; once child had grown a bit, returned to her village and told the story of the boy's birth; the boy gave the message of peace, power and righteousness and spoke about the good mind.~Jake Thomas summarizes previous session; Peacemaker continues to explain the concepts of peace, power and righteousness to the village; JT discusses symbols; tells how Peacemaker outlines traditions and social structure to the people: woman as backbone of society and clans; rituals of days, feasting, medicine, the longhouse; the great war chief is the first to accept the message of peace power and righteousness; Peacemaker tells his grandmother and mother that his work is just beginning; he teaches the boys of the village how to live and his lessons continue until they become young men; the Peacemaker shows everyone how to play the peach stone bowl game; introduction of the left-handed twin and the struggle between the twins; JT comments on the value and importance of knowing one's Native language; the Peacemaker prepares to leave his village to continue his work of telling about peace power and righteousness. Peacemaker plans to leave to continue spreading his message, so shows his mother and grandmother the great white pine tree and how to taste the sap to know if he is successful; Peacemaker makes a white stone canoe; Peacemaker wants the story of his birth and growing to be told to keep the story alive; comments on value of oral tradition; War chief are now to be called Great Leader b/c there is to be no more war; JT explains that mistakes were made in applying the GREAT LAW and are still being made b/c the concept of one mind is not always followed; explanation of how Lake Ontario got its name; Peacemaker crossed the lake and met a man who had taken his family away from strife and tells him the message of peace and asks him to relate it to the people of Ganyange / Ganyangehaga; PM continues on his travels; meets a woman called Chigootsasen, who feeds warriors who come from either side and the PM tells her she is as much to blame for the killings because she supports warriors; PM tells her of the longhouse, of the clan system, and that women will be the backbone of the culture; PM continues his travels, watches a cannibal who sees the PM's face reflected in the pot and decides to eschew cannibalism; PM hunts a deer with the intention that he and the man share it.~Peacemaker hunts a deer and tells the man about the clan system and the role of the women to elevate chiefs; some explanation of symbols of deer antlers, eagle feather; JT closes with comments that Native culture does not hide their past; Arnie makes a speech. <273mn 57s>

Langue :

English / Cayuga / ?

Remarques :

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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. ISO is supposed to mean “isolated”. It is possible that this editing was produced live during the recitation, using a different feed from the 3 cameras.~7. Tape 1 runs for 56mn 29s, tape 2 runs for 64mn 16s, tape 3 runs for 64mn 12s, tape 4 runs for 63mn 35s, and tape 5 runs for 25mn 25s.~8. First item on tape 5.
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Copyright Owner : Robert and Brenda Rooney.

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