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Name: The Great Peacemaker
Tribal affiliation:Iroquois Confederation
Native names: Skennenrahawi, Hononhsoni:donh, Deganawida, Dekanawida, Deganawidah, Dekanawideh, Tekanawita
Pronunciation: varies by language: in Mohawk it is pronounced skun-nun-lah-hah-wee.

Deganawida is a more reverent name and is not usually spoken aloud except in ceremonial contexts.
Type:Native American hero, legendary leader, peace maker

The Great Peacemaker (Skennenrahawi or Deganawida) is a revered mythological leader from the traditions of the Iroquois tribes.

He is considered by most communities to be the founder of the Iroquois Confederacy and the establisher of the Great Peace and Great Law that governed the Confederacy, although in many stories he shared that honor with the orator Hiawatha and a female Seneca chief named Jigonsaseh (sometimes called the Peace Quee