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Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Foreword by Patricia Culliford -- INTRODUCTION. History of an Ancient Political Culture -- CHAPTER ONE. Peoples of the St. Lawrence River Valley -- Who were the Seven Fires? -- An Alliance of Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity -- "All brothers, all of the same colour, and, praise be to God, all of the same religion" -- The Same Dish, Spoon, and Bowl -- CHAPTER TWO. Rules, Operations, and Political Relations -- The Great Fire of Gana8age -- Village Councils versus the Grand Council of the Confederacy -- Consensus and Unanimity -- Sachems, War Chiefs, and Women Chiefs -- On the Diplomatic Paths of the Northeast -- The Diplomatic Family: Related Individuals and Nations -- Father-Provider -- Father-Protector -- Father-Mediator -- The Brother Paradigm -- CHAPTER THREE. Forest Diplomacy: Indigenous Rituals and Protocols -- Political Nature of Wampum Necklaces -- Kahnawake, Keeper of the Wampum -- "You Who Depend on Ink and Paper" -- Tears, Tobacco, Gifts, and Feasts -- CHAPTER FOUR. Diplomatic Relations Stretching from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes -- Metaphorical Fires of the Political Sphere -- When East Met West: Wabanaki of the Maritimes, Odawa of the Great Lakes, and Iroquois of the St. Lawrence -- The Iroquois of the Six Nations and the Iroquois of the Seven Fires: Multiple Fraternal Agreements -- Diplomatic Prestige in the Great Lakes Area -- CONCLUSION. Strengths and Weaknesses -- Notes -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Peoples of the St. Lawrence River Valley -- CHAPTER TWO. Rules, Operations, and Political Relations -- CHAPTER THREE. Forest Diplomacy: Indigenous Rituals and Protocols -- CHAPTER FOUR. Diplomatic Relations Stretching from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes -- Bibliography -- Printed and Manuscript Sources -- Reference Works -- Historical Studies -- Also from Baraka Books.