Chapter 1: A Continent of Villages, to 1500
- The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations
The text of the Constitution of the Iroquois Nations is reprinted here.
- A Hiawatha and Deganawidah Bookshelf
A list of reliable readings with valuable information on the historical Hiawatha, Deganawidah, and the Iroquois League.
- De-Ka-Nah-Wi-Da and Hiawatha
This site provides a text version of the "traditional oral history" of the formation of the League of Five Nations as drafted by the hereditary chiefs of the Iroquois Six Nations Council and approved by the Council of the Confederacy.
- Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Just for comparison, This is the text of "The Song of Hiawatha," a poem, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with illustrations by John Rea Neill. The protagonist of Longfellow’s poem bears only the name and not the story of the historical Hiawatha.
- The Original Peacemakers
An essay by James Juhnke and Valerie Schrag sponsored by Historical Committee and Archives of the Mennonite Church focuses on Deganawidah and his "gospel of peace."
- Native American Trickster Tales
Maintained by Dr. Kathleen L. Nichols, this site contains transcriptions of several of the more well-known Native American Trickster Tales as well as a number of links to sites containing useful information on the various incarnations of the trickster archetype throughout the world.
- Coyote Stories/Poems
A variety of Coyote stories and poems are available through this site.
- Zitkala-Sa. Old Indian Legends
These old Indian legends are provided by the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia Library.
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