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Deganawidah

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De·ga·na·wi·dah  (d-gän-wd) fl. 1550-1600.
Native American spiritual leader. According to tradition, he founded the Iroquois confederacy with Hiawatha.


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Cusick is unique not only because he implicitly denies these external demonstrations of cannibalism, but also because his narrative differs from later recordings of the Deganawidah Epic.
Finding a place for David Cusick in Native American literary history by Kalter, Susan / MELUS
Deganawidah: The Peacemaker" (Tekonwatonti 28) steps back in time and describes the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy by the leader Deganawidah and his orator, Ayonwatha.
Maurice Kenny's Tekonwatonti, Molly Brant: Poetic Memory and History by Barron, Patrick / MELUS
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