The Micmac V.S. The Iroquois
Beginning of paper
Although the Micmac and the Iroquois Confederacy are both Aboriginal
groups, they have many differences as well as similarities. One area of such, is
their traditional justice systems. Their governments and laws are in some ways
similar, but in many ways different.
The Micmac reside in what is no ....
Middle of paper
.... HOUSE. The first five nations
to join the confederacy were Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.
Tuscaroras migrated from Carolina and joined the confederacy in 1722. The
Iroquois are bound in a treaty of friendship with the Ojibway to the North.
The Micmac government was three-tiered, with local, district, and
national chiefs, or ‘Sagamores'. Each settlement's council of elders chose a
local chief. The chief was the focus of power in the settlement. The local chief
attained ....
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